Elizabeth Yee is Executive Vice President of Programs, overseeing global programs, regional offices, partnerships and learning and impact. She joined in 2019 as Managing Director of Climate and Resilience and later served as Chief of Staff. She previously held leadership roles at 100 Resilient Cities and spent 17 years in infrastructure finance at Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Barclays, closing over $30 billion in transactions. Liz serves on the boards of Sustainable Energy for All and Punahou School, the advisory board of Co-Impact, and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Mar 02 2025 Perspective To Address the Impacts of Climate Change on People and Planet, We Need Transparent, Collective Learning To confront the escalating climate crisis with the urgency and scale it demands, philanthropy must move beyond slow, siloed approaches — investing more, acting faster, embracing adaptive strategies, and fostering collective learning to drive systemic change.- Jul 25 2023 Perspective Building Stronger Bridges: Our Commitment To Be a More Effective Partner to Our Grantees At The Rockefeller Foundation, we believe that our ability to help our grantees make the change they seek relies on our effectiveness as a partner and funder. As we continue to take into account climate change’s effects on our mission and those we serve, we are committed to a culture of learning and growth that […]
Mar 30 2023 Perspective 5 Things We Can All Do Better to Advance Gender Equity Every day, women are helping women advance human rights, tackle climate change, drive economic growth, secure nourishing and sustainable food, and prioritize health, all around the world. As this Women’s History Month comes to a close, we carry the inspiration of their accomplishments forward throughout the year. While we applaud women supporting women, advancing gender […]
Mar 31 2022 Perspective We Need Gender Parity Urgently Every day, I wear a few hats. I’m a mom to two tweens, a special-needs son and an incredibly precocious daughter. I’m also The Rockefeller Foundation’s Executive Vice President for Program Strategy and its Chief of Staff. I joined the Foundation after a career that began in the male-dominated investment banking industry, rising through the […]