Liz Keeffe is a director in the ASA Center for Career Navigation at JFF. She leads strategic initiatives and ensures impactful program execution to align the center’s strategy, partnerships, and resources with JFF’s broader mission and strategic priorities.  

Her skills and areas of expertise include: 

• Program and project management 
• Cross-team collaboration and external relationship management 
• Developing and implementing strategic plans and high-impact initiatives 

Before joining  JFF, Keeffe worked as a nonprofit strategy consultant, working with nonprofit leaders across education, mental health, economic mobility, and advocacy organizations to identify their purpose and direction, develop unique storytelling, and design strategic plans to widen audiences, deepen connections, and expand resources.  

Educational background: 

• Bachelor’s degree in international studies, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 
• MBA in nonprofit management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 
• Master’s degree in sustainable international development, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts