Portrait by ChiChi Ubiña

YWCA Greenwich will be holding its 7th Annual Women Who Inspire Awards to recognize exceptional women in our community. YWCA Greenwich’s Women Who Inspire Awards was established to recognize and celebrate outstanding women who have excelled in philanthropic, professional, and volunteer pursuits. Importantly, these honorees have enriched the lives of many in our community. This event acknowledges the changes in society that have led to the fluidity of work/life pursuits for women of today.

 

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Elizabeth Koldyke Boolbol is the founder of The Partnership to End Human Trafficking (PEHT), started in 2015 and currently serves as its Board Chair. PEHT is a social enterprise and global community aimed at offering a sustainable, long-term strategy to aid in the fight to end human trafficking – the fastest growing illegal business in the world. Today, PEHT has established two residential recovery homes for survivors in Connecticut and is the only residential provider in the state. PEHT also offers second chance employment in its growing social enterprise and recently opened a new retail space in Fairfield, CT.

From 2003-2010, she ran a real estate development business, building and selling single-family homes in Greenwich, after which she decided to devote her time to philanthropic causes. She served on the Parent Association Board of Stanwich School for 7 years, her last year as PA President. From 2016-2019, she served on the Board of Directors of Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Connecticut where her children attended high school. She has been an active volunteer with World Vision, serving on its board for more than a decade and as Co-Chair of its Fairfield County chapter for three years. She served as an Elder of Stanwich Congregational Church from 2014-2017, where she co-led a Bible Study for 10 years. In 2015, she became a founding board member of Project Blessing, an initiative of The Stanwich School that brought an elementary school and water system to a small village in rural Rwanda, where her two sons volunteered for many years.

Elizabeth also serves on The Rowan Center Board of Directors, a sexual assault agency serving lower Fairfield County, which she joined in 2019.

Elizabeth graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988 and received her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1999.

Elizabeth and her husband, Robert, have lived in Greenwich for 23 years and are the proud parents of four adult children. Elizabeth’s dedication to charitable service has been an inspiration to her children and all have followed her example of giving back to local and global communities.