Elizabeth Bankowski

Elizabeth Bankowski has extensive experience in developing corporate social responsibility practices and in policy development in government. She was elected to the Board of Directors of Ben & Jerry’s in 1990, and also held a senior management position with primary responsibility for the company’s innovative corporate responsibility practices. She was one of the first executives in a public company to hold a senior position in corporate social responsibility. Following the acquisition of Ben & Jerry’s by Unilever in 2001, she left the company and provided consulting in corporate social responsibility and communication to a variety of businesses. She remains a Trustee of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation. After serving for a number of years as a consultant to New Chapter, a natural and organic supplements company based in Brattleboro, Vermont, she joined the company’s Board. She served as Chair of the Board through the acquisition of the company by Procter & Gamble in 2012. She serves as Chair of the Board of The Windham Foundation which in addition to various philanthropic programs, owns and operates the Grafton Village Cheese Company and The Grafton Inn. She is a graduate of Boston College and attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.