As Chief, Partner Experience at Blue Meridian Partners, Lizz leads the organization’s efforts to cultivate strong, enduring relationships with our Partner community. She oversees the Partner Experience team and, as a member of the senior leadership team, she also provides strategic support and guidance for the growth and development of the organization.
Previously, Lizz served as the founding fund lead for The Studio at Blue Meridian, where she led earlier-stage investing efforts, including sourcing, due diligence, and management of investee relationships. In her prior work on the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation portfolio team, Lizz provided strategic counsel to select Youth Development Fund grantees. She also supported the development and execution of portfolio strategy. Prior to her work in philanthropy, Lizz spent over 12 years in senior leadership roles with leading social sector nonprofits focused on K-12. She was the Chief Growth Officer at New Classrooms Innovation Partners, a national nonprofit that develops and partners with schools and districts to implement personalized learning models.
Before that she spent five years as the Chief Operating Officer for Explore Schools, a network of charter schools in Brooklyn, NY. Earlier, Lizz served as the Director of New Site Development for KIPP national, helping it expand from 38 to 88 charter schools across the US. She began her career in strategic communications in roles at the Democratic National Committee and The White House before serving as Director of Publicity for Harper Perennial at HarperCollins Publishers. Lizz has served on several boards, including those of KIPP Gaston (NC) College Preparatory, KIPP Ujima Village in Baltimore, and Harlem’s DREAM Charter School.
She earned a BA at George Washington University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.