Lisa Nellessen Savage has been executive editor of the Pensacola News Journal since 2014. She has spent her entire career with the USA TODAY Network, serving as executive editor at newspapers in Wisconsin and Indiana prior to moving to Florida. She earned her bachelor’s of journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Lisa is a founding board member of CivicCon, a civic education program that aims to make our community a better place to live, play, work and invest through smart planning and civic engagement, starting with the premise that great communities begin with great dialogue.