Elizabeth Friel

Elizabeth R. Friel is the executive director of the Living River Trust, located in Norfolk Virginia and serving the Hampton Roads region. Ms. Friel previously served as Executive Director to the Northern Neck Land Conservancy and worked as an environmental planner, serving as Planning Director for the City of Falls Church, Virginia. The Living River Trust uniquely works both as a conservation non-profit and a fee-based mitigation administrator. While mitigation and conservation the primary missions of the Trust, the organization is also developing conservation responses to sea level rise and conservation and public land access opportunities for underserved communities.