About Elizabeth Kurtz

Elizabeth brings her unique blend of for-profit and nonprofit experience, as well as her passion for issues surrounding poverty and homelessness to her role as Executive Director, and understands that breaking the cycle of poverty requires not only compassion and empowerment at the individual level, but also advocacy and policy work at the systems level.

Elizabeth's skills include consensus building, project management and community advocacy. She has served with new organizations building their processes and building their brand/mission, as well as with established organizations experiencing change and renewal. Asking the right questions with an open mind is an important part of her learning / program-building approach.