Elizabeth leads TU’s eastern conservation efforts, working from Georgia to Maine to protect, reconnect, and restore habitat for eastern brook trout. Prior to joining TU, she spent eight years at American Rivers developing and implementing the organization’s dam removal and river restoration programs. Elizabeth received a B.A. in biology from Colby College in 1993 and an M.B.A. and M.S. in natural resource policy from the University of Michigan in 1998. She grew up in northern Virginia, but spent as much time as possible hiking, fishing, and skiing on her grandparents’ farm in western Massachusetts