Lisa Mayhew served as the Child Death Investigator and Trainer for the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and NC Child Fatality Prevention Team prior to her retirement in 2024. Her duties included conducting investigations of death of children under the age of 18 years statewide, and providing assistance on investigations to local and state agencies. She operated the training program for Child Death Investigations through the OCME and North Carolina Justice Academy, as well as providing training to law enforcement across the country. She has a passion for policy development, interdisciplinary collaboration, communicating with grieving families, and specializes in scene reconstruction. With both her bachelor and master’s degrees in Child Development, she spent the first part of her career working with medically fragile and special needs children and their families. When not working, you can find her on the back of a horse.