Elizabeth E. Richard is founder and principal of EER Strategies, LLC and a visiting fellow of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science.  She was previously a senior strategist for NASA’s Human Health and Performance Directorate where she was responsible for strategic planning and partnership development, and was instrumental in the establishment of the NASA Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation.  Elizabeth specializes in innovation strategy, collaborative engagement, organizational change management, open innovation and strategic planning in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.  She is a frequent speaker and author on the topics of strategy innovation and collaborative engagement, and has designed and led many client workshops.  Elizabeth received her bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston.