ELIZABETH MARING as an attorney has represented businesses and nonprofits since 1985. Currently, she is passionate about applying all aspects of her hands on experience to help nonprofits achieve sustainable success.
Throughout her career she has held leadership and board positions in numerous nonprofits including Azusa Pacific University, Willow Creek Community Church, Heartland Community Church, the Christian Leadership Alliance, Sharefest, Inc. and Community Threads. In 2011 she founded Community Threads, a Christian nonprofit social enterprise which generated over two million dollars in financial grants to benefit homeless women and children and provide educational scholarships. She lives in Michigan with her husband of 35 years, Clarence, and is the mother of two married sons, Daniel and Steven.