Board Director & Secretary

Eliza Petrow spent over a decade living and working in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and rural China. With a Masters Degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, Eliza is currently Chief Business Officer at The Possible Zone, where she develops and leads TPZ’s social enterprise strategy. Eliza has been an advisor to JC Flowers Foundation,  World Education, Izumi Foundation, and Mothers2Mothers. In 2008 Eliza founded PATS, a non-profit that supported HIV-positive children living in rural China. She has also co-founded Chain Reaction and founded Bolster. She has been a member of NEID Global – Network of Engaged International Donors, and a Board member of the Watertown Community Foundation. At RPI, Eliza is Board Secretary and contributes to philanthropic engagement.