Board Chair Peer Network: Collaborative Leadership: Building a Successful Board Chair-CEO Partnership
Posted on December 19, 2024 by Gretchen Guess, Nicole Seawell, Billy McGuinness, Robin Holloway, Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner, Adam Gibbons

Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner (Liz) is President of the Board of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, a family foundation based in Washington, DC that supports community organizing around racial and economic justice issues.
Liz is a Trustee of the National Children’s Museum in Washington, DC and serves as the Chair of the Advancement Committee and a member of the Executive Committee. She is a co-facilitator of NCFP’s 2023 Trust-Based Philanthropy Learning & Action Cohort and is a Co-Chair of NCFP’s Board Chair Peer Network. Liz also serves as a Co-Chair of the Anti Racist Practice Group at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School.
In 2004, she opened Nusta Spa, a full-service LEED-certified day spa in downtown DC. Liz owned and operated Nusta until 2017, when she sold the spa to her business partner. Her previous work experience was in corporate communications and investor relations in San Francisco. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where she was named a John W. Rollins Scholar for leadership and academic achievement.
Liz lives in Washington, DC with her husband, son, and two adorable dogs.
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