Elizabeth Lule is currently Executive Director of the Early Child Development Action Network (ECDAN). Before joining ECDAN, she served in senior leadership, management and technical positions at the World Bank for 18 years. She also worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Director, at Pathfinder International as their Africa Regional Vice President, and as Technical Advisor with USAID in Nigeria. She started her career in academia and was adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Elizabeth has been instrumental in establishing and supporting global partnerships, networks, and coalitions to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, early childhood development, and HIV programs. She has served on several Boards of Directors, including Save the Children International, AFIDEP, Concept Foundation, Population Action International and has served as a member of several global think tanks and UN Inter-Agency Task Teams.
Elizabeth has been instrumental in establishing and supporting global partnerships, networks, and coalitions to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, early childhood development, and HIV programs. She has served on several Boards of Directors, including Save the Children International, AFIDEP, Concept Foundation, Population Action International and has served as a member of several global think tanks and UN Inter-Agency Task Teams.