{"id":869,"date":"2025-08-21T05:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/?page_id=869"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:05:33","slug":"liz-a-dorn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/people\/liz-a-dorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz A. Dorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<p><em>Senior Research Project Consultant, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-871 alignleft\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"15\" vspace=\"15\" style=\"width: 300px; display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/2025WEEmpower-ASU-LizADorn.jpg\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liz-a-dorn\/\">Liz A. Dorn<\/a> is a Senior Research Project Consultant at Arizona State University\u2019s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, where she supports the Strategic Partnerships &amp; Networks team in advancing multilateral strategies for climate resilience, sustainable development, and gender equity. She leads policy research and program management for select initiatives such as the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge. She also serves as a Grant Evaluator for The Denver Foundation, allocating over $625K to equity-centered nonprofits that strengthen community engagement and leadership in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Liz was a Senior Program Manager, Asia at the International Republican Institute (IRI), conducting in-depth political and policy analysis to advance democracy and human rights in the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. At IRI, she was responsible for directing a $26.8M federal grant portfolio spanning six programs and managing the strategic allocation of $5.2M in subgrants. She also designed and executed over 35 capacity-building initiatives, knowledge exchanges, and reporting tours at the East-West Center, empowering more than 795 political and policy leaders, journalists, and entrepreneurs across the U.S., Indo-Pacific, and Northern Africa. 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