Liz Livingston Howard is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Ms. Howard is the Associate Director of Kellogg’s Center for Nonprofit Management and teaches in the Social Enterprise at Kellogg Program. She developed and teaches curriculum for MBA students and nonprofit executives. Ms. Howard serves as the Academic Director for a variety of nonprofit executive education courses and has designed several custom executive education programs.
Previously, she served as Assistant Dean for Development for Kellogg from 1994 to 2003. In that role, she was responsible for the fundraising activities of the Kellogg School including alumni and individual solicitation, corporate and foundation grants. She was involved with the $1.4 billion Campaign Northwestern. During her tenure, total giving to the school increased 100% and the Kellogg School raised over $100 million for significant objectives in Campaign Northwestern.
Prior to joining the Kellogg School, Ms. Howard served as a fundraising consultant with Charles R. Feldstein & Company, based in Chicago. Her additional development work was as Director of Development for the Chicago Tourism Council/Mayor's Office of Tourism for the City of Chicago and as the first Director of Development for Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, Illinois.
Outside of her professional responsibilities, Ms. Howard has been involved with a number of philanthropic organizations in Chicago. She was selected as a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow to participate in a unique, year-long venture to deepen the understanding of greater Chicago, thereby enhancing the future quality of civic and community leadership. In addition, she served as the founding chairman of the Chicago Community Trust Young Leaders Fund, an endowment fund established in 1994 by young professionals in Chicago to educate them about grant-making and the value of philanthropy.
Currently, she serves on the Membership Committee for the Economic Club of Chicago and is involved with Catholic Charities of Chicago, the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago and the Northbrook Civic Foundation. She has provided consulting services for a host of local nonprofits in the areas of fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, board governance, event planning and capacity building.
Areas of Expertise
Arts Management
Fundraising
Nonprofit Governance
Nonprofit Management
- Recent Media Coverage
Boston Globe: Same-sex couples make a statement through arts philanthropy - 11/10/2009
Financial Times: Non-profit: Charities seek support in the schoolroom - 5/27/2009
Financial Times (London): MBAs lift non-profit sector - 7/28/2008
Nightly Business Report (PBS): "The New Business of Education" - Charter Schools - 2/13/2008
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Teaching Interests
Management of nonprofit organizations, particularly fundraising.
Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Leading the Mission Driven Enterprises (SEEK-450-0) This course counts toward the following majors: Social Enterprise.
This course provides a strong understanding of the nonprofit sector and the critical management issues that leaders face in providing oversight to mission-driven organizations. Designed for students who intend to work professionally in the nonprofit sector or who will provide voluntary leadership as board members and donors, this course will address key issues of finance, strategy, marketing and fundraising. Students will learn skills and approaches for analyzing managerial issues for nonprofits at various stages of growth and development, including organizations with specific functions such as strategy, finance, accounting, performance metrics, marketing and revenue diversification. The course will use an extensive range of cases, group exercises and readings tailored to specific learning experiences; online material and guest speakers will add value to the case and topics being discussed. Professors Don Haider and Liz Howard will team-teach this course, blending theory with practice.
The Education Industry (SEEK-454-A)
This course counts toward the following majors: Social Enterprise.
The education sector is a critical component of our society, and significant energy has been directed at education reform in recent years. This is a course about the economic, social, historical and technological forces that shape the education sector. One goal of the course is to understand the implications for new value creation emerging from the confluence of these forces. Consequently, this course will be particularly helpful to students with interest in educational entrepreneurship. A second goal is to provide an introduction to the key issues facing the sector for students interested in engaging with education reform in a variety of ways — from volunteering in the field to running for an elected board membership of a school district.
