Co-founder & CEOEYElliance
Liz is Co-founder & CEO of EYElliance. Prior to founding EYElliance in 2015, she spent 15 years working in international development with a focus on inclusive business and access to global markets. Her personal interest in facilitating less developed countries’ full participation in global markets stems from her time living and working with young entrepreneurs in East Africa. In 2011 Liz joined VisionSpring, a social enterprise focused on improving access to affordable eyeglasses, as its Director of Business Development. Previously she had consulted at the UNDP for six yeas with the UN Office of South-South Cooperation forwarding the work of the Creative Economy for Development Agenda. Liz started a record label in 1995, graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Environmental Studies, is a member of the Explorers Club, and a two time National Geographic Society grant recipient for her work documenting endangered song.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationHealthHealth DeliveryLivelihoodsSustainable Markets
Caribbean, Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Middle East and North Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa