Eliza Leighton

Eliza is a social entrepreneur with extensive management, strategic planning, and fundraising experience and a strong track record of designing, executing, and sustaining effective and creative programs, most recently as the CEO and cofounder of The Family Room, an app to connect children and their loved ones when separated by distance. Prior to founding The Family Room, she worked at CASA de Maryland in a number of capacities, including as the Director of the Langley Park Promise Neighborhood and the Director of Strategic Initiatives, and was the cofounder and former Deputy Director of Stand for Children. She received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.