Elizabeth Campbell
Fellow, Future Security
Elizabeth Campbell聽is a fellow with 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 Future Security Program and the founding Executive Director of聽, a nonprofit impact accelerator connecting local leaders and ideas with global capabilities to advance economic opportunity, drive community investment and convene partnerships that propel sustainability, innovation and empowerment. She leads the development and execution of CoAction Global鈥檚 vision to build cross-border, cross-sector partnerships that facilitate economic prosperity and resilience of communities around the globe. Campbell鈥檚 career has spanned government, civil society, and the United Nations, and is marked by聽leadership in multilateralism, diplomacy and humanitarian action.
Previously, Campbell served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration at the U.S. State Department, where she was responsible for over $1 billion in humanitarian assistance in Africa and managed the relationships with key UN, international organizations, and civil society partners. She also served as Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. She was Director of UNRWA鈥檚 representative office in Washington, D.C., a Senior Advocate at Refugees International, where she focused on humanitarian crises in East Africa and the Middle East, Director of Refugee Council USA, and part of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Kenya.
Campbell holds a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MA and Ph.D. in Sociology from Binghamton University. She has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University鈥檚 School of Law, James Madison University, and Binghamton University. Her courses focus on humanitarian affairs, refugees, environmental studies, and inequality and social justice. Campbell is also an Arizona State University research fellow.