2002 Elizabeth Ochs
Elizabeth Ochs graduated from Brown University with a concentration in Urban Studies and received a Master of Education from Antioch University New England. After college, Elizabeth worked as a community organizer at the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless and edited a newspaper about homelessness, called Street Sights. She then worked at Central Falls High School, a public high school in Rhode Island, as the Expanded Learning Opportunities coordinator. Next Elizabeth served as an education and nonprofit consultant working with organizations such as the The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty, and the Brown Alpert Medical School. In 2022, Elizabeth founded the Creative Reuse Center of RI that turns extra materials and supplies from manufacturers and businesses into treasures for educators, artists, kids, and other community members. She now directs that non-profit in addition to serving as a Program Manager at the Bronfman Fellowship, overseeing leadership development and mentoring. Elizabeth lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her husband and son.