About Lisle Baker: Alderman Lisle Baker, Newton, Massachusetts

About Lisle Baker

A Ward Seven resident since 1968, Lisle is a law professor at Suffolk University where he has taught property, land use and zoning, environmental law, mediation, and law practice management. He and his wife Sally, also an educator, have raised three daughters, Nancy, Mary Sarah, and Louise in Newton. Lisle is a graduate of Williams College and Harvard Law School.

In 2008, he is completing his 25th year of service on the Board of Aldermen as the Ward Alderman for Ward 7. He currently serves as President of the Board, and as a member of the Zoning and Planning Committee, where he has worked to strengthen and simplify Newton's zoning ordinances. A member of the Programs and Services Committee, which has jurisdiction on such matters as Parks and Schools, Lisle also sits on the Aldermanic Real Property Reuse Committee, and the Special Committee on Long Range Planning.