Elizabeth is a writer, editor, and sustainability professional based in Avon, Colorado. She believes that deep, systemic social change is needed to achieve sustainability and seeks to leverage her work to advance environmental and climate justice. 

Elizabeth attended Hamilton College for its writing program, graduating with a B.A. in Environmental Studies focused on Women's Studies and a minor in Fine Art. After college, she began working for a start-up brewery in her hometown of Newburyport, MA, thinking it'd be fun while she looked for an environmental job. But the intersection of craft beer and sustainability piqued her interest, and she stayed in the industry for nearly a decade, ultimately building a sustainability program at Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, CO. She learned how to generate and implement ideas within an organization and developed a firsthand understanding of why the people most affected by sustainability initiatives must be part of decision-making.

In 2023, she joined the editorial team at BuildingGreen, a green building publisher and consultancy then based in Brattleboro, VT. As managing editor, she conducted extensive research and interviews with subject-matter experts to author feature articles, news analyses, product reviews, and primers for sustainable design and construction practitioners. She investigated a wide range of green building topics, from the embodied carbon of construction to the widespread myth that sustainability is at odds with affordability. Central to her work was her understanding that the building sector's environmental impact, its vulnerability to climate change, and systemic racism, misogyny, and economic inequality must be tackled as the intertwined crises that they are.

Elizabeth hopes to draw from her varied experience in program management, organizational change, and writing to shed light on issues of environmental and climate injustice—and to support and highlight justice-centered solutions.