Elizabeth "Libbie" Prescott Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Manages diverse portfolio of complex programs including the NRC Research Associateship Program (RAP), the Ford Foundation Fellowships, and Jefferson Science Fellowships (JSF)Responsible for approx $40million/year from over 25 different US government and foundation sponsorsMaintains internal and external relations with sponsors, laboratory partners, volunteers, and stakeholdersNavigates rapid programmatic change to legacy programs adapting to hybrid work and lifeCultivates a team culture of collaboration, learning, growth, and shared high expectationsMotivates and leads a team of 12 full time, 2 part time, and 6 operational finance staffLeads management of a proprietary knowledge management application system

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Management of a portfolio of programs and initiatives including strategic planning, program developmentExecution of activities, decisions, management policies, and operating practices with full supervisory responsibilities, including hiring, training, and performance management for high-level staffProviding innovative solutions to complex problems that impact the organization’s success

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Identified, developed, and deployed novel courses in science and technology related to international relationsRecruited, supported, and retained a diverse pool of instructors for new science coursesEmpowered non-technical students to embrace emerging technologies in a globalized worldEncouraged students to think creatively, challenge their assumptions, and identify actionable policy solutions to become strong national security leaders

Us

Built a government-based start-up using experiential learning to create human-centered networks Generated organization-wide strategies to maximize mission impact within existing constraints Designed, deployed, and scaled multiple educational programs to meet learning goals for disparate populations Facilitate experimentation around complex, open-ended problems to create commercial technologies with national security applications

Washington, Dc, Us

Center for Security Studies, School of Foreign Service (Aug 2007 – 2017)• Conceptualized and continually adapting course at the intersection of biotechnology and international relations to bridge the fields and explore contentious policy and ethical issues.• Enticing students to think about technology creatively, challenge their assumptions, and identify actionable policy solutions.Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Center (Aug 2007 – Jan 2009)• Distilled elements of the life sciences critical to security as co-instructor in the Masters of Science in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Charting technical and policy strategies while managing change toward better knowledge and data management as part of the Deputy Secretary’s management reform team.• Liberating data to enable more data-driven decision-making and increased external transparency.• Providing thought leadership for the “Data Revolution” for development in the UN coordinated Post-2015/Sustainable Development Goals negotiations.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Tracking global policy implications of emerging technologies, identifying gaps, creating opportunities, and aligning limited resources to advance the interest of the United States. • Deepening connections to governments and civil society in East Asia and the Pacific with a focus on emerging technology policies.• Providing strategic guidance to streamline operations, increase impact, and build coalitions with government and non-government partners to achieve complex and dynamic goals.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Harnessed technical experts, the private sector, foreign governments, and the U.S. interagency to generate novel multi-disciplinary coalitions to deliver projects of mutual benefit. • Negotiated legally and technically complex policy positions with diverse and divided stakeholders including products delivered by the President of the United States of America.

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed team that integrated technology, politics, economics, and international relations to create timely analytic products for business and government clients. • Grew practice in personnel and revenue by developing new product lines and diversified customer base.

• Ideated, refined, and advanced legislative agenda on a broad portfolio of health and life science policy issues.• Advanced the legislative agenda on emerging technologies, S&T capacity, U.S. health care policy, biosecurity, and global health.• Competitively selected fellowship funded by the American Society for Microbiology.

London, London, Gb

• Produced creative initiatives to improve biosecurity through engaging the biotechnology industry.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Drafted successfully funded $1.5 million proposal on intellectual property rights for biotechnologies.

• Ensured the academic and social welfare of undergraduate students as deputy to the Dean of Balliol College.

• Investigated genetic technologies relevant to clinical practice in the United Kingdom’s health care system for a report delivered to Members of Parliament.

D.Phil., Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Molecular & Cell Biology, Economics With High Honors