Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Background

About Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Experienced public policy leader in both government and nonprofit settings. Deep policy expertise on core public benefit programs, focused on identifying and leveraging high impact opportunities to improve the well-being of people with low incomes. Track record of working across the full range of public benefit programs to remove policy and implementation barriers that limit the effectiveness of programs and create disparities. Strategic thinking and leadership skills. Successful in developing and leading staff from a wide variety of backgrounds and building multi-organizational coalitions during periods of competing demands and high levels of uncertainty. Areas of expertise include: Public benefit programs including TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, EITC/CTC, Cross program interoperability and benefit access Immigrant access to benefits Job quality and the low-wage labor market Systems analysis Effective writer and public speaker Regulatory and legislative processes Coalition and campaign development Management and staff development