Prior to establishing PFA, Elizabeth spent over 5 years as a New York City director of an immense private collection of blue-chip and emerging contemporary art and 20th century design objects. Primarily dealing in the care and collection management of more than 3,000 artworks including the administering of loans, and negotiating purchases and sales of artworks by American Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Tom Wesselmann; Elizabeth also curated an online sales platform for the collection focused on mid-career contemporary artists such as Os Gemeos, Enoc Perez and Adam McEwen. During this time, Elizabeth was also responsible for coordinating exhibitions for the Lever House Art Collection, including installations by Urs Fischer, Jonas Wood, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, and Paula Hayes.  

Elizabeth holds a 2015 Certificate from New York University in the Appraisal Studies of Fine and Decorative Art. She earned her Master's of Arts degree Magna Cum Laude in Modern Art, History of the Art Market and Connoisseurship from Christie's Education, New York in 2010, after matriculating from Villanova University in 2009 with dual Bachelor's of Arts degrees in Art History and French, Cum Laude, having spent her 2007-2008 year studying at La Sorbonne and L'Institute Catholique in Paris, France.  

Elizabeth served on the Founding Board of Directors of NJ MoCA from 2014-2016. In 2016, she acted as a juror for Christie's Education Emerging Artist Prize. She is an Associate of the Appraiser’s Association of America, a Circle Member of ArtTable, and a Founding Contemporaries Patron of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Elizabeth also acts a Fundraising Chair for the New York Junior League, a women's volunteer organization committed to community, arts and education programming in Manhattan.

Elizabeth's long-cultivated passion for the arts, coupled with her unique combination of rigorous academic and veteran market training, allows her to deliver specialized services and unparalleled discretion and expertise to her dedicated gallery, museum and private clientele. Thoughtful scholarship and critical thinking are at the core of Elizabeth's appraisal and advisory work, guided by her vast knowledge in the field which she intuitively orients to her clients' goals and aesthetic.