The Honorable Lisa M. Gregory currently serves as an Administrative Judge for the D.C. Rental Housing Commission. She was appointed to the Rental Housing Commission by Mayor Muriel Bowser in January 2018.

Before joining the Commission, Judge Gregory was the Chief Compliance Officer for the DC Department of Transportation, Office of Civil Rights for over a decade. There she managed a staff of eleven (11) civil rights professionals and provided oversight for eight (8) Federal civil rights programs, including the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE small business) Program, Americans with Disabilities Act Title II, Title VII, and Title VI among other regulatory programs. In her role as Chief Compliance Officer, she provided analysis and solutions to complex compliance issues affecting DDOT and managed an approximate million dollar Federally mandated budget.

Judge Gregory also served as a Manager for the DC Office of Human Rights, where she oversaw the intake complaint process. She has worked abroad in Sierra Leone, West Africa where she was a legal intern for the Minister of Justice, the Honorable Abdulai Conteh. Judge Gregory worked on Sierra Leone’s constitutional issues, including the separation of powers.

Judge Gregory is a native Washingtonian and a Ward 2 resident. She received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Spelman College, a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law, and a Master of Laws in Government Procurement from the George Washington University School of Law. Judge Gregory also studied International Human Rights Law at Oxford University in England. She is a published author, “Public Procurement Can Have a Soul - The U.S. and the E.U. must harmonize public procurement laws to attack human trafficking.” The mother of two sons, Noa and Asa, her interests also include collecting fine art, needlepoint, and walking her labradoodle, “Basel.”