Board Members - LWV Greenwich

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Board members are elected at our Annual Meeting, historically held in June.
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Melissa McClammy

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Melissa
McClammy

Melissa is an attorney who represents clients in a wide range of litigation matters. Following her graduation from law school, Melissa served as a law clerk to Hon. Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She then began her career as a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she specialized in complex civil litigation. Melissa left Paul Weiss to spend time raising her children and volunteering in local organizations such as the Greenwich Public Schools and Meals-on-Wheels of Greenwich. She returned to the practice of law in 2019 and now serves as Special Counsel to Pastore LLC in Stamford. Melissa earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. from Yale University. She and her husband have lived in Greenwich for more than 20 years; their children attended Riverside School, Eastern Middle School, and Greenwich High School.

President

2025-2026

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Mary Browne

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Mary
Browne

Mary’s family lived in Greenwich for many years, and she attended Greenwich schools before going to college in Washington, D.C. She later earned a master’s degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University. Her early career at the U.S. Department of Labor focused on public service -- employment protections for farmworkers, summer youth employment programs and transition services for displaced workers. She moved on to open and run her own Vermont inn and restaurant. For the last 25 years she worked for nonprofit credentialing organizations managing the assessment process for medical professionals as they attained licensure and certification. She frequently contributed as a volunteer during her credentialing career and chaired the industry’s premier conference. However, she will tell you that her favorite job was her post-retirement work as a tram driver and tour guide at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Two years ago, Mary returned to Greenwich, drawn by all the community has to offer. She is an active volunteer, serving as a tutor for the United Way’s Reading Champions program, as Secretary of The Nathaniel Witherell (TNW) Family Council, as a volunteer at TNW and at the Greenwich Library. Since returning, she has also been an engaged member of the Greenwich League of Women Voters, contributing to social media efforts and voter registration drives. She has been a poll worker in Cook County, Illinois and in Greenwich. Mary is deeply committed to the exercise of the right to vote and to fostering an informed electorate.

In her free time, she enjoys playing bridge, learning Italian, practicing Pilates, doing water aerobics, and walking in Greenwich’s many beautiful parks.

Vice-President
Advocacy
2025-2027

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Kris Lowe

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Kristine
Lowe

Kristine is a native New Englander and has resided in Greenwich for 27 years. Her husband grew up in Greenwich, and her two children attended public schools and graduated from Greenwich High School. She has worked as a Management Consultant to the life sciences industry, assisting medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in business planning and the development of effective business strategies. She co-founded the boutique firm Easton Associates and served as head of the Life Sciences MedTech Practice at Navigant Consulting, Inc. until opening her own independent consulting practice in 2018. Kristine represented District 2 in the Greenwich RTM from 2017 to 2019 and served on the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee. Ms. Lowe graduated from Williams College with a BA in chemistry and studied basic medical sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Vice-President
Program
2024-2026

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Vice-President
Program
2026-2027

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Shelly Cryer

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Shelly
Cryer

Shelly Cryer, a resident of Old Greenwich, has spent her career in the nonprofit sector. Her focus has been women’s rights, public health, international affairs, and nonprofit sector leadership. Shelly has experience in building coalitions, designing and implementing strategic media and public education campaigns, and fundraising. She is the author of The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference (Fieldstone Alliance and Turner Publishing). Locally, Shelly produced a series of free classical music concerts in Fairfield County, CT. Curiosity Concerts ran for five sold-out seasons, bringing high-quality, professional music to thousands of families with young children. She also led curriculum enrichment at Old Greenwich School and for the PTA Council for many years. Shelly attended Greenwich Public Schools and has a BA in English and a Master of International Affairs. She is a mother to two daughters: a rising GHS sophomore and a college freshman.

Vice-President
Voter Services
2025-2027

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Cathy Steel

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Cathy
Steel

A native of Ohio, Cathy Steel has lived in Greenwich since 1996. She has worked for 30+ years in the gift, home and furniture wholesale industries, and launched her own PR agency, Steel Associates, in 2006. She graduated from George Washington University with a BA in Political Communications, and a minor in Journalism. She has been active in the Greenwich community since 2009, assisting both ISD and EMS with local PR efforts. Currently, she volunteers for the Greenwich Alliance for Education as a member of its Turkey Trot committee, and Jewish Family Services in its Supermarketing for Seniors program. She has been a member of the RTM since 2017, representing District 11 on the Appointments Committee. She has been an active member of the LWVG Voter Services Committee since 2017, assisting with launch of the Electronic Voters’ Guide in 2016 and leading Voter Registration Day efforts each September. She enjoys sports and fitness, as well as travel and quality time with friends and family, including her husband, Alan, and sons, Thomas (17) and William (15).

Vice-President
Voter Services
2025-2027

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Jeanie Raben

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Jeanie
Raben

Jeanie has lived in Greenwich for over 45 years. She graduated from Chatham College and received a master’s degree from Columbia University. She taught chemistry at both Stuyvesant High School in New York City and Duxbury High School in Massachusetts. Jeanie then worked as a lending officer for Chemical Bank. She moved to Greenwich in 1976 with her husband and two-year-old twins. She then became an active community volunteer, serving on the boards of Parsonage Cottage, the Council of Youth and Drugs and treasurer of OGRCC and the Friends Board of Greenwich Library. Jeanie also became very active in PTA, serving on the Riverside School PTA, PTA Council and two terms as President of the Eastern Junior High/Middle School PTA. Jeanie worked on the team that worked on the transition from junior highs to middle schools. While working on the Greenwich High PTA, Jeanie helped set up the Sports Council. For 20 years, starting in the 1990, Jeanie taught a weekly parenting class in New York City for parents and their babies, (from newborn to toddlers). In addition, for about 15 years, Jeanie kept the financial records for several non-profits and the Village Ewe in Old Greenwich. More recently, she served as treasurer for six years on the board of River House, and seven years as President of her condominium association. Currently, she is serving on the finance committee of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich. Jeanie’s hobbies are walking, bridge, golf and reading. She is also very involved with three married children and nine grandchildren.

Secretary

2025-2027

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Jane Brash

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Jane
Brash

Jane is a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S. Born in Canada, she received her B.A. in Linguistics and teaching degree from University of Toronto and Laval University and a Masters in Business from York University in Toronto. She moved to the U.S. in 1983 to work in Advertising and Marketing. She was relocated to Greenwich in 1995 to work for Clairol and last held the position of VP of Marketing before leaving the corporate world in 2001. She has been a full time real estate agent since 2005. She has held various volunteer positions in Town including PTA President of Riverside Elementary, President of the Riverside Association, Eastern PTA board member, GADC board member, RTM Member and Think Greenwich Co-President. Jane and her husband Alex live in Riverside and have two adult children. When she’s not working, Jane enjoys bridge, tennis, golf and traveling.

Treasurer

2024-2026

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Meghan McSharry

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Meghan
McSharry

Meghan was born and raised in Riverside, where the McSharry family has resided for nearly 70 years. She attended Greenwich public schools before heading to boarding school in Kent, CT. After graduating Cum Laude from Elon University with a degree in communications, Meghan returned to Greenwich and is now a licensed real estate agent with Compass. In her time off, Meghan is an avid skier and often travels to southern Vermont to ski at Mount Snow. She loves spending time with her five-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (named Binney, after Old Greenwich's Binney Park), walking at Tod’s Point, and checking out the restaurant scene in both Greenwich and Stamford. She is passionate about musical theater and is a member of St. Catherine’s Players, a community theater group for all ages based in Riverside.

Membership
Administration
2024-2026

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Louisa Greene

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Louisa
Greene

Louisa is passionate about three things: her extended family, her career as the Director of Development and Marketing at the Avon Theatre Film Center in Stamford, CT, and her volunteer work for Mount Holyoke College, the Greenwich Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Perrot Memorial Library, the Junior League and Christ Church. Louisa graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in Art History and earned her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. Louisa has lived in Old Greenwich for over 25 years and has been a development and marketing professional for numerous non-profits, including the Perrot Memorial Library Assn., the YMCA of Greenwich, the Essex Library, the Episcopal Diocese of CT, and the Avon Theatre Film. She is the proud mother and grandmother of an extended family, including Andrew, Charlotte, and Warren, Jr.

Development/
Membership
2025-2027

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Kerry Meyers

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Kerry
Meyers

Katharine (Kerry) Meyers is a Greenwich native and a graduate of Greenwich High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University before working as an environmental health consultant for the EPA. Kerry then pursued a medical degree and a Master of Public Health at Tufts University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, specializing in primary care and preventive medicine. Following her residency, Kerry served for several years as a clinician and faculty member within the Harvard system.

In 2003, Kerry and her family moved to Old Greenwich, where she joined an internal medicine practice in Stamford affiliated with Stamford Hospital and Columbia University. She quickly became an active community volunteer and served on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM).

In 2018, Kerry resigned from her medical practice to care for her son, who became seriously ill. His passing in 2019 inspired her to found the Live Like Luke initiative, which sponsors an annual beach cleanup at Tod’s Point every April, alongside other community events and a college scholarship program in his memory. To learn more about Luke and the Live Like Luke initiatives, please visit Livelikeluke365.org.

Kerry earned a certificate in Climate Change and Health from Yale University in 2021. Recently, she was elected to the Greenwich Board of Health. She remains deeply involved in volunteer work with several organizations, including the Greenwich Medical Reserve Corps, Impact Fairfield County, Midnight Run, Open Arts Alliance, and the Greenwich Public School System.

Membership
Engagement
2025-2027

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Alison Waller

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Alison
Waller

Alison graduated summa cum laude from the University of Hartford with a B.A. in History and a minor in Gender Studies. She later earned master’s degrees in Women’s History (Sarah Lawrence College) and Secondary Social Studies Education (Fairfield University).

Before becoming a social studies teacher at Wilton High School, Alison spent nine years in the nonprofit sector empowering women and girls. At LiveGirl, a girls’ leadership organization, she served in various roles such as Director of Career Readiness, Director of Learning, and Program Director.

Passionate about community service and wellness, Alison is a certified RYT-200 yoga instructor and formerly held leadership roles with Shine Your Light CT and the Connecticut Collective for Women and Girls.

Civics

2025-2027

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Helaine Winer

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Helaine
Winer

Helaine has lived in Greenwich for 5 years. Her background is in business development and operations. She graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and worked as a hotel development consultant and as the Director of Development and Acquisitions for Loews Hotels. Her entrepreneurial pursuits included the founding of a hospitality oriented executive search firm which she sold in 1999; The House – a hair salon, party space and retail concept - which she sold in 2010; and, and a social marketing company from which she retired in 2023. Her past community involvement includes serving as president of the Cornell Hotel Society and the Cornell Club of Northern New Jersey, board positions for Newark Yoga Movement and the Visual Arts Center in Summit, NJ, as well as leadership roles in the Millburn, NJ Township Public School system as co-president of a PTO and of the Millburn/Short Hills Education Foundation. Currently, she is a Trustee at the Greenwich Library, a member of the Greenwich Library’s Friends Board, and serves as the chair of the Greenwich Library’s Performing Arts Committee. Helaine’s hobbies include pickleball, paddle boarding, cooking, and walking. Helaine and her husband, John, have two daughters.

Communications

2024-2026

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LB Savitz

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Lisa Beth
Savitz

LB currently sits on the YaleWomen Governing Council, the Yale Alumni Association of Greenwich (YAAG) Board, and the Youth Achievement Award Committee of Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities. She is a past President of Greenwich PTA Council (PTAC), North Street School (NSS) PTA, and YAAG. Other past service includes the boards of Connecticut PTA, Connecticut Association for the Gifted, Central Middle School (CMS) PTA, and Soldiers Field Park Children’s Center, as well as the Northfield Mount Hermon School Parents Council and Columbia College Parent Leadership Council. LB has also volunteered for the Greenwich School Readiness Council, the Yale Alumni Association, Yale Alumni Schools Committee, the Yale Class of 1988, and as a Greenwich youth baseball (and T-ball) coach, in addition to numerous roles at NSS, CMS, and Greenwich High School. She is an active supporter of the Undies Project and member of Temple Sholom. Her employment history comprises Tri-Star Pictures, the Walt Disney Company, Savoy Pictures, and the WGBH (Boston) Educational Foundation.

Website
Manager
2024-2026

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Nora Stern

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Nora
Stern

Nora Stern is in 10th grade at Greenwich High School. She is a passionate organizer with a strong interest in politics and history. Nora is president of the GHS Pro-Choice Club (and hosts the school’s first pro-choice podcast), a member of the Student Advisory Board of The Rowan Center (a sexual assault resource agency), on the executive committee of the YWCA of Greenwich YNET Club (that works to prevent teen dating violence and promote healthy relationships through peer education), and active in the GHS Model UN Club. She has organized such successful community events as "Learn Before You Leave" about campus safety, and "Lattes and Legislation," a discussion on the future of women's rights. Nora also enjoys performing in musical theater and practicing martial arts; she recently achieved the rank of Black Belt in karate. She has an older sister, Hannon, who is a college freshman.

Student
Representative
2025-2026

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Beth Gilliland

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Beth
Gilliland

Beth is a native Californian and after graduating from college she moved to New York City to pursue her career in book publishing. She and her husband, Sam, moved to Greenwich in 1991 and have three daughters who attended Greenwich Country Day and Greenwich Academy. After spending 25 years working as Vice President, Director of Publicity at various publishing companies -- Viking Penguin, Random House, Little, Brown, and Rodale – she started her own literary agency 10 years ago, Davey Literary & Media, and works full-time representing authors. Over the course of her career, she has worked with a stellar group of bestselling authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, James Patterson, David Sedaris, Gloria Steinem, Michael Connelly, George Stephanopoulos, Deborah Goodrich Royce, to name just a few, implementing their publicity and marketing plans. Beth served for two terms as President of the Publishers Publicity Association and three terms as their treasurer. In addition, she speaks to publishing groups around the country. Beth volunteered at her daughters’ schools in many capacities: Upper School Division head, both at GCDS and GA, treasurer, auction catalog editor, and was a member of their Parent Boards. For many years, Beth was on the planning committee board of Planned Parenthood where she worked on their annual event. She cares deeply about politics and her greatest love is reading, but also enjoys walking, tennis, pickle ball, and travel.

Events
Coordinator
2024-2026

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Madison Norwich

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Madison
Norwich

Madison Norwich is an experienced public policy and advocacy professional with over eight years of leading strategic campaigns focused on civic engagement and social issues. As Manager of Advocacy and Student Programs at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, she directs regional policy efforts, community organizing, and youth engagement programs. Madison developed a nationally recognized High School Advocacy Program, launched a clergy engagement initiative, and led efforts behind New York’s 2024 Equal Rights Amendment ballot initiative. She has led statewide lobby days, secured major grants, and created impactful training tools like a 45-page advocacy toolkit. Madison holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Stony Brook University and has a background in legislative offices, public health, and nonprofit leadership. She also sits on the board of the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk and One Tough Cookie.

Youth
Outreach
2025-2027

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Lynn Garelick

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Lynn
Garelick

Lynn holds an undergraduate degree in Art History and a graduate Credential in Elementary Education from the University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduation, Lynn taught third grade in Berkeley and Minneapolis, MN. In 1977, Lynn started her Interior Design career. She graduated in 1978 from the New York School of Interior Design with a Credential in Residential Design. She established LBG Interior Design, LLC, in 2001. She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and was President of the CT Chapter 2012-2013. A resident of Greenwich since 1992, Lynn has held leadership roles in the community including Vestry Member, Historian, and Property Chair at Christ Church, and Recording Secretary on the Art Council Executive Board. Lynn is an Artist member of Greenwich Pen Women, and a docent at the Bruce Museum. Lynn has two grown sons, and two teenage grandchildren: Olivia and Andrew.

Historian

2024-2026

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Position

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Governance

2025-2026

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Ann Blinkhorn

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Ann
Blinkhorn

Ann specializes in building leadership teams for businesses at the intersection of media, marketing, and technology. Ann founded Blinkhorn in New York in 2009 following seven years as a leading executive recruiter at Spencer Stuart. She has reshaped senior leadership teams for established media companies transforming their businesses, and has also recruited executive talent to digital companies working to rapidly grow their brands and franchises. Ann has led CEO, board and other senior-level engagements for a diverse range of clients including Hearst Corporation, Google, Comcast, Guardian News and Media, Microsoft, Dow Jones, Business Insider, and POLITICO Media Group, among many others. Ann’s background includes over 25 years of traditional and digital media operating experience combined with executive search experience. She began her career at The New York Times Company, where she served in corporate strategy and later as publisher of the first foreign-language edition of The New York Times, a joint venture in Russia with The Moscow News. She also served as president of the North American division of the International Herald Tribune (now International New York Times). Prior to transitioning to executive search in 2002, Ann was part of the founding management team of zUniversity.com, where she launched and ran an online recruitment business. Ann resides in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, and has two grown sons. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB degree from Smith College. She serves on the advisory boards of WFUV Radio (Fordham University public radio affiliate), Connecticut Public Broadcasting, and ProPublica, and previously served on the board of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.

Director
at Large
2024-2026

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Lisa Mandel

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Lisa
Mandel

Lisa began her career at Scholastic in the school software group, then moved to Viacom Interactive, supporting the online expansion of MTV, VH1, and Paramount TV. She later became the first Vice President and Publisher for Simon & Schuster’s digital division, helping to shape the company’s early online strategy. In 2016, Lisa shifted to mission-driven work at the Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center in New York City and joined Greenwich Library as its director of development in 2020.

A Riverside resident since 2003, Lisa raised two sons who attended Greenwich Public Schools from K–12. She has volunteered extensively in the schools, especially with the GHS Boys Basketball Boosters Club. She also supports Fairfield County Swim Across America to raise funds for cancer research. After years working in New York City, Lisa finds it deeply meaningful to contribute to the community she calls home. Among the many things she loves about Greenwich, Tod’s Point holds a special place in her heart.

Director
at Large
2025-2027

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Ann Edwards

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Ann
Edwards

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ann has lived in Greenwich for 48 years. A life-long educator, she earned her BS and MS from Queens College of the City University of New York and a doctorate in education administration from Columbia University. Ann served as a secondary school English teacher and then an administrator in New York and Connecticut. She also served as an adjunct on the college level. She was the principal of Rye Middle School for 22 years before retiring on August 31, 2020. Now she is delighted to pursue many different activities. A volunteer for At Home, she regularly reads to a delightful woman who has diminishing vision. She attends a weekly Bible studies class and is a regular at water aerobics and knitting. Ann was active in community affairs years ago but raising three sons made those activities challenging. She is thrilled to be a member of the LWV after a long hiatus. The sons are grown and her six grandchildren range in age from 22 to 10, but her home is not quiet. It is filled with the sounds of her many pets, including a parrot who loves to squawk. Ann loves to play on- line scrabble, read, and write.

Director
at Large
2024-2026

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Elizabeth Peyton

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Elizabeth
Peyton

Elizabeth Cook Peyton has been a proud member of the Greenwich League of Women Voters for eight years, and a resident of Greenwich for over 20 years. During this time, she has dedicated herself to serving the community through volunteer work and leadership roles in many local nonprofit and civic organizations.

Elizabeth currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Greenwich Botanical Center. She is also a member of the Junior League of Greenwich, and served as its President from 2018-2019. Additionally, she is a member of the Session at First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, and has served on the Parent’s Association Executive Board at Sacred Heart Greenwich. She has served on the Nominating Committees of several local organizations, including the Junior League of Greenwich, the Greenwich Botanical Center, First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, and the Milbrook Club.

Professionally, Elizabeth specializes in fundraising and strategic management within the nonprofit sector. Through her consulting firm, Peyton Consulting, LLC, she partners with local nonprofits to enhance their impact. Elizabeth has previously worked with organizations such as Christ Church Greenwich, Mothers for Others, Port Chester Carver Center, and the Breast Cancer Alliance. In addition to her professional and volunteer work in the nonprofit sector, Elizabeth developed a strong foundation in strategy, business development, and client relations during her time at Greenwich Associates and Bridgewater Associates.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Boston College, where she graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program. She lives in Cos Cob with her husband and daughter.

Nominating

2025-2026

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