Elizabeth has more than 15 years of development and nonprofit management experience, and she loves helping nonprofit organizations secure the resources they need to effectively pursue their missions and create positive social change.

Elizabeth joined Elevate in 2017 as a team Director and later advanced to Senior Director. During her tenure, she also spent several years as part of Elevate’s New Client Partnerships team, collaborating closely with the department’s Vice President to help sustain and grow the company’s partnerships with nonprofits across the country.

Currently, she leads client teams of all sizes, providing development strategy and institutional fundraising expertise to organizations working on a range of issues including health and human services, civic engagement and advocacy, education, legal services, and immigrant rights. Elizabeth loves forming close relationships with clients to help them build and sustain a tailored grants program that meets their organizational needs and goals, addresses their capacities, and can be adapted to meet challenges as they arise. She is especially skilled at working with organizations with multiple tax statuses, including 501c3s, 501c4s, and fiscal sponsorships. Clients that are new to grant funding benefit from Elizabeth’s expertise in setting up the internal infrastructure (budgets, program design, systems) necessary to be ready to pursue grants.

Prior to Elevate, Elizabeth was the Director of Foundation Relations at Alliance for Justice, a national advocacy organization. She was responsible for planning and implementing the organization’s $3 million foundation fundraising program. She also worked as the Assistant Director of Development for Foundation Relations at Hillel International, where she oversaw foundation relations for a $26 million international organization. She began her career in the nonprofit sector at various international organizations including the Centre for Development and Population Activities, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and Council of the Americas/Americas Society.

Elizabeth holds an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with a BA cum laude in Anthropology from New York University. She is also a certified ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher and spent two years teaching English in Mexico and Europe.

Elizabeth lives in Maryland with her husband and two sons. Outside of Elevate, she enjoys hiking, biking, watching her kids play sports, reading fiction, and traveling with her family.