Association for the Advancement of            
         Sustainability in Higher Education

Serving the Campus Sustainability Community

elizabeth@aashe.org
ph: (859) 258-2551
Lexington, KY

Elizabeth Whitworth (elizabeth@aashe.org) is AASHE’s Membership & Outreach Coordinator. She obtained her BA in Finance from Texas A&M University, during which time she spent a semester studying in Italy. After graduation, Elizabeth gained a strong passion for issues of holistic health, and in 2006, spent the growing season working and learning on organic farms, including time at an Ecovillage Training Center, a family farm in Tennessee, and an internship at a CSA in Kentucky. In 2007 she served as administrator of A Rocha, an International Christian Conservation Organization. Elizabeth serves on the board of Seedleaf, Inc., an urban community garden initiative which seeks to foster nutrition and mental health through gardening in inner-city settings. She currently resides in downtown Lexington KY with a family, their 2 children, foster baby, and 10 chickens, and enjoys cooking, art, and running with their dog.