Lisa Gurwitch was born on August 11, 1958 in Mobile, Alabama. On August 24, 1985, she married Martin Fleisher, in San Francisco, California. Marty was born on November 27, 1946.

Lisa earned a B.A. degree in economics from Vanderbilt University in 1979. She received her law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1982. Lisa is currently the Associate Director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Endowment Fund.

Marty received a B.A. from Northwestern in 1968, and a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1972.