Lisa Jennifer Collins was born in Dublin and grew up in Greystones. Lisa is a local business owner, and also works to support and create networks of local businesses and women in business. Lisa lives with her husband in Co. Wicklow. From 2011 to 2014, Lisa, her father Gerry and her wider family took part in an award-winning national television and media campaign to encourage smokers to quit. The QUIT campaign and Gerry Collins are credited with helping reduce smoking prevalence in Ireland by over 100,000 smokers since 2013. The Man Who Moved The Nation is her first book, written about and dedicated to her father.