Liz has nearly two decades of experience in the fields of social and environmental innovation, communications, and climate advocacy.

She began her career as a project assistant to the in-house counsel for a Chicago-based wind energy company, and from there has held a variety of roles in law, program development, and communications for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Prior to SGA, she taught social entrepreneurship, business ethics, and business communications at Northwestern University. She holds a JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, with a focus on environmental law and policy and entrepreneurship law. She also holds a master’s in journalism from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, where she received a Comer Scholarship for climate and environmental reporting.

Liz tends to be reading two or three books at any given time and is always on the look out for a new favorite band or musician. She also enjoys growing food and native plants in her yard. If she’s not in her garden, you can probably find her at a local forest preserve or on a beach with her family somewhere on the Leelanau Peninsula in Michigan.