December 13, 2010

Elizabeth Ling

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Elizabeth Ling oversees strategy and operations for DFER's New York State advocacy programs.  She focuses on building coalitions of various education reform groups, and works with legislators and government officials to help shape public education policies.

 Elizabeth serves as a board director in the Harlem Success Academy charter school network, having started with its first school.  She is on the steering committee of Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century (DL21C), an organization of young politically-active professionals.  A Coro Leadership New York graduate, she has also volunteered on campaigns at the national, state, and city levels.

Prior to joining DFER, Elizabeth spent a dozen years in the financial services sector at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as well as at two multinational banks.  She attended the University of Chicago (MBA and MA in Public Policy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS), and Bard College at Simon's Rock.  Elizabeth was raised and went to public school in New York's Hudson Valley.