Elizabeth Darling

In February 2009, Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Elizabeth as the President and CEO of OneStar Foundation. Before coming to OneStar, Elizabeth was Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) in Washington DC, where she provided oversight and management of all CNCS' national programs, including AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America, as well as the offices of Grants Policy and Operations, Leadership Development and Training and Emergency Management. In 2003, Elizabeth was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, where she oversaw the Office of Planning and five administrations: Child Support Enforcement, Child Care, Social Services, Family Investment and Community Services. President George W. Bush asked Elizabeth to assume the role of Founding Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2001. In 1997, Texas Governor George W. Bush appointed Elizabeth to the Board of the Texas Department of Human Services, where she later became Vice-Chair with policy and program oversight for TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid eligibility, as well as the regulation of long-term care facilities for the elderly and disabled. Elizabeth is a graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor of Science in English/Education.