Lisa F. Moore
Executive director, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, and private practice, The Moore Firm

When Lisa F. Moore took on the job as executive director of a nonprofit group that provides free legal services to artists, she was a mere second-year associate at Arnall Golden Gregory. She wasn't sure she could handle the major pay cut. Plus, she says, she didn't know anything about being an administrator. » Read more

» Age: 38
» Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, history and political science
» Law school: University of Virginia
» As a kid I wanted to be: A lawyer
» Best advice: "The devil is always in the details," from Arnall Golden Gregory partner Robert L. Rothman
» Best gift: "Heatwave Barbie" photograph by Tom Forsythe, a gift from her husband. Moore explains this work was the subject of an interesting and fiercely litigated case between Mattel and the artist.
» Dream adventure: To spend a week with her late father on the MV Brigitte Bardot assisting the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in its mission to thwart Japanese whalers.
» Last vacation: London and Paris in summer 2010. She saw Pearl Jam at Hyde Park.
» Last book: "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
» One the Rise means: Evolving to a higher plane of existence, both personally and professionally. "To me, it signifies that we must continue to push ourselves towards our greatest potential, just as Winthrop and Kennedy and Jesus did when they talked about serving as 'a city upon a hill,'" she says.