Susan Cooper

Lisa St. Godard

Lisa is a Senior Planner at the Naval Submarine Base. The job of a Structural Production Control Planner is not the same as a Land Use Planner, but the skills needed to do both jobs well are very similar. Lisa’s spatial skills are an asset in reviewing buildings, and site plans. In her work with General Dynamics, Lisa plans submarines. “In my job I receive detailed blueprints from engineers and translate these into parts and materials lists and building processes in order to transform these plans into a finished submarine.”

Lisa feels privileged to live here and wants to give back and participate as much as she can in the life of our town. We are excited to have Lisa continue as a member of the elected Planning Commission.

Lisa Marie St. Godard – Planning Commission

When looking to become first-time homeowners, Lisa and her husband searched for over a year and a half to find the right community to build their life together. “We were looking for a town with charm and safety, but we found much more than that in Charlestown. We are thrilled to be residents of this beautiful community; we love this town and hope to live here for all the decades until retirement and beyond.” As a resident of the western edge of Charlestown, Lisa has a front row seat on the current operations at the large granite quarry just over the border in Westerly and the effect that bad land use planning can have on neighbors and natural resources. Lisa has spent four years as a member of the Planning Commission, where she participated in the writing of Charlestown’s Comprehensive Plan, which guides land use in the town for the next 20 years. “As a person who came of age at the millennium, my point of reference for the future is at least 40 years ahead. The Comprehensive Plan lays out the future of our town. For me, the future is not an abstraction; the future is where I will live. I know in the decades ahead there will be change in Charlestown. As a member of the Planning Commission I will work to promote preservation of natural resources, to manage growth, and to do my best to help Charlestown remain a place where residents, including me, will love to live.”

Lisa is a Senior Planner at the Naval Submarine Base. The job of a Structural Production Control Planner is not the same as a Land Use Planner, but the skills needed to do both jobs well are very similar. Lisa’s spatial skills are an asset in reviewing buildings, and site plans. In her work with General Dynamics, Lisa plans submarines. “In my job I receive detailed blueprints from engineers and translate these into parts and materials lists and building processes in order to transform these plans into a finished submarine.”

Lisa feels privileged to live here and wants to give back and participate as much as she can in the life of our town. We are excited to have Lisa continue as a member of the elected Planning Commission.

Education

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat, extensive technical training in reading blueprints, computer aided design drawings/models, electrical wiring, and welding
  • Coventry, RI, High School Diploma

Professional Experience

  • Senior Structural Production Control Planner, Naval Submarine Base, Groton, CT
  • Mechanical Detail Planner, Electric Boat, Groton, CT
  • Production Control Planner, Electric Boat, Groton, CT
  • Supervising Welder, Safety Advisor, Electric Boat, Groton, CT
  • Welder, Electric Boat, Groton, CT

Public Service

  • Charlestown Planning Commission, 2019 – 2020 & 2022 – present

Personal

  • Lisa is married to Nick St. Godard, who also works for General Dynamics. Lisa and Nick live with their rescued dogs and cats and spend their free time working on projects large and small in their home and on their land.

On November 5, please vote for Lisa Marie St. Godard for Charlestown Planning Commission