Elizabeth’s professional career centered on the defense and intelligence communities, including with the Central Intelligence Agency. There she managed projects, personnel, operations, and organizations, including complex technical operations overseas. Upon retirement, she volunteered at Washington Ear, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, and the DC History Center. She has served on the boards of the Aid Association for the Blind of Washington, D.C., the Ethics Advisory Committee of Sibley Hospital, and Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, whose Board she also chaired. She has been a long-time reference volunteer in the Kiplinger Research Library of the DC History Center. Previously she served as Treasurer of the DC History Center Board.