Elizabeth Ring Joins the Shriver Center as Vice President of Operations

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For Immediate Release
April 20, 2007

Elizabeth Ring Joins the Shriver Center as Vice President of Operations

National Antipoverty Center Completes Its Reorganization

(Chicago)—The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, an organization established in 1967 to champion law and policy for low-income people, completes its reorganization with the appointment of Elizabeth Ring as vice president of operations, a new position.

Ring comes to the Shriver Center, starting this week, from the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing, a collaboration of taxpayer-supported and nonprofit organizations that focus their collective resources into integrated solutions to transform Northeast Illinois manufacturers into globally competitive companies.

As vice president–operations at the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing, Ring was a major architect in the transformation of NORBIC, a 30-year old local industrial retention organization, into a regional alliance that helps lift people in Illinois out of poverty by creating and retaining the best-paying jobs—manufacturing jobs—for women and minorities in underserved communities. Ring also served as NORBIC’s director of its Small Business Development Center and director of its International Trade Center.

Ring’s past experience includes preparing cost proposals and administering international health care programs for a global nonprofit health care organization. She was market research and industry surveyor for an international management consulting company. She was a White House Fellow responsible for international economic and trade research. She has an MBA in international management from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and economics from Wellesley College.

The Shriver Center’s reorganization began on January 1, when John Bouman was named president. Rita McLennon, who had been executive director for 14 years, initiated the reorganization. McLennon now serves as vice president of external affairs. As vice president of operations, Ring oversees human resources, procurement, information technology, financial management, and other operations for the Shriver Center. Ring’s new position ensures that Bouman can focus his talents on the Shriver Center’s advocacy agenda while McLennon is devoted to fostering private-sector support for the work of the Shriver Center.