Elizabeth Echols

Elizabeth Echols currently serves as CEO of OpNet Community Ventures, Inc., a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to promoting opportunities in the technology industry for low-income young adults, with a particular emphasis on women and people of color.  Prior to joining OpNet, Echols held several senior political appointments in the Clinton White House and Commerce Department. She served as Executive Director of the White House Electronic Commerce Working Group, where she was responsible for developing and coordinating the Clinton/Gore Administration's strategy on Internet and e-commerce issues.

Echols also is an experienced businesswoman and attorney, having worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and in private law practice before joining the Clinton Administration.  Echols is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and has been profiled in Business Week, The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Business 2.0, CIO Magazine, The National Journal, Working Women Magazine, The Oakland Tribune and Stanford Lawyer. She is an Executive Board Member of the National Women's Political Caucus (Alameda North), and and a member of the Alameda County Democratic Party Central Committee.  Elizabeth has been active on political campaigns for over 15 years.

She is a graduate of Stanford Law School where she served as an editor on the Stanford Law Review. Echols received her undergraduate degree from Yale University with honors in Economics and Political Science.