Dedicated to affecting global and local change by championing equity, redefining cross-sector collaboration, and building systemic solutions, Eliza is currently a Consultant at Dalberg Global Development Advisors focused on health, climate, and justice. At Dalberg, she has supported foundations and non-profits on topics including global health, private-public partnerships, and education and justice initiatives. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she focused on the safe reopening of K-12 schools in the US, including facilitating knowledge sharing around PPE, testing, and vaccination. Early in the pandemic, she also supported a working group of Ministers of Health and Finance from across the African Union focused on rethinking health financing. She has conducted quantitative analysis on country health spending, developed models on the economic and health impacts of product introduction, mapped health investors, interviewed dozens of stakeholders across fields, and built case studies to highlight impactful work. Eliza has also developed multiple strategies focused on advancing impact, including a scaling strategy for a large U.S. non-profit impact initiative, focusing on trauma-informed care resources for direct service providers and governments across the country. This project included an analysis of the gaps in early childhood care and key future advocacy areas, as well as internal programmatic strategy recommendations.
Prior to joining Dalberg, Eliza was President of the Harvard International Relations Council, a student-run 501(c)(3) NGO focused on international relations education both abroad and locally. In this role, she supervised educational programs for over 9,000 students on three continents, including on-campus engagement programs, tutoring initiatives, and international diplomatic debates. Her work included expanding our training and educational integration programs, drafting curricula, launching an internship program and formal sexual assault policy, refocusing our mission on service and global impact, and restructuring our financial approach
Eliza spent several years leading the Women’s Media Center’s research team, focusing on gender equity for women in the media, as well as coverage of U.S. elections and federal legislation. She also worked at Project ECHO, providing research and policy advice for rural healthcare initiatives in New Mexico. Eliza holds a B.A. from Harvard University, in Social Studies with a minor in Health Policy and a citation in Arabic. During her studies, the focus of her independent research was on immigration policy, including work on the Mediterranean refugee crisis and the effects of climate change on migration and mental health in the Pacific.
