As an Assistant Director of Research Development, Liz helps researchers and research teams in creating and implementing broader impact plans and facilitating connections with community partners on and off campus.  

Before joining ODFR, Liz served as the first Mayor of the consolidated Princeton (2013-2020), following the merger of the former Princeton Borough and Township. Prior to that, she worked as a science journalist, including ten years as a producer and editor at the National Public Radio environmental program, Living On Earth. 

She holds a M.A. in Science Journalism from Boston University and a B.A./B.S. in History and Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Liz lives in Princeton and currently serves on the boards of the Princeton Garden Theater, Housing Initiatives of Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum Community Leadership Council, and Friends of Princeton Open Space.