Assistant Executive Director

Elyzabeth Joy Holford

Elyzabeth recently joined the NRMC team as Assistant Executive Director. Her career has been anchored by a deep commitment to social justice and driven by curiosity about ways to support strategy, operations, equity and collaborative growth and success. She has worked as a consultant to nonprofits, for-profits, public entities and academic institutions.

She began her career as a trial attorney focused on racial, social, and economic justice cases. She taught and obtained tenure at Virginia Tech where she later became a campus administrator. After starting and selling a new technology company, she began consulting as an itinerant international strategy and operations professional. Her work has taken her around the globe, and she has never looked back. For example, she served as founding senior executive for the Digital Living Research Commons in Denmark where she created and led a dynamic space for artists, researchers, business leaders, and policymakers to explore research and practice at the intersections of culture, technology, art, human interactions, social media, and infrastructure. She is an alum of Indiana University, the University of Dayton, and the Ohio State University.

When she’s not working, Elyzabeth loves to cook, travel, swim, play music, do tai chi, and enjoy the outdoors. Above all, her favorite pastime is playing frisbee with her dog.