Co-founder & Executive Director, Business Network for Offshore Wind

Biography

Liz Burdock is the Executive Director of the Business Network for Offshore Wind, a national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, dedicated to building the U.S. offshore wind supply chain. Ms. Burdock has extensive experience running public/private partnerships. Prior to joining the Network, she managed Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, a White House initiative, and the Chesapeake Crescent, a regional initiative aimed at growing a green economy in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Her career is focused on convening and coordinating diverse stakeholders, including businesses, academics, government agencies, policy makers, community leaders, workforce organizations and strategic investors to develop sound solutions that facilitate the implementation of clean energy in the US. Ms. Burdock earned her B.S. in Sociology from Frostburg State University and is earning her master’s degree in community planning from the University of Maryland. She is also a 2015 graduate of Leadership Maryland.