Liz Westhouse
Head of Community, Rise of the Rest
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Liz Westhouse is Head of Community at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, where she focuses on managing relationships and facilitating connection and engagement among the fund’s external stakeholder groups, as well as managing team operations. She joined the firm in 2020.
Prior to Revolution, Liz worked in higher education at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, most recently as the Associate Director of Student and Alumni Relations at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In this role, she cultivated relationships, strengthened Booth’s engagement, and coordinated programming for the student and alumni communities.
Liz graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in sociology and anthropology. She completed her CMX Community MBA in 2024, and received a certificate in social impact partnerships from Georgetown University and a certificate in the essentials of project management from the University of Chicago Graham School. She was born and raised in Evanston, IL.