Experience

Verité

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Program Officer

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Senior Director, Raw Materials Programs

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  As Senior Director for Raw Materials Programs at Verité, Elizabeth spearheads Verité’s programmatic work to improve labor practices in the lower tiers of global supply chains, particularly in agricultural industries including coffee, cocoa, sugarcane, palm oil, tobacco, and seafood. Verité's work in raw materials centers on long-term partnerships with global companies to build systems to identify, remediate, and prevent child labor, forced labor, and other serious labor abuses within their supply chains. Verité also implements grant-funded projects to empower workers, address systemic drivers of labor abuses, and provide technical assistance to governments.

• Program Director

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2018



Union College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Jun 2009 - Feb 2013

  Prior to joining the staff at Verite, Elizabeth had an academic career as a scholar and professor of cultural anthropology. In addition to visiting appointments at Smith College and Dartmouth College, she held a tenure-track position in the Department of Anthropology at Union College, where she also taught in the programs in Environmental Studies and African Studies. Elizabeth has conducted long-term field research in Southern and East Africa, and completed her doctoral research in Tanzania, where she studied the culture of the wildlife conservation and safari tourism industries. In 1999, she was involved in a high-profile incident at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, when Rwandan rebels attacked the park headquarters, abducting and killing a number of tourists.



Dartmouth College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jun 2007 - May 2009

  Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology. Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology.



Smith College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

  Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology. Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology.



College of African Wildlife Management at Mweka

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  Visiting lecturer in the Training Division at the oldest technical training institute for wildlife managers in Africa. Visiting lecturer in the Training Division at the oldest technical training institute for wildlife managers in Africa.