Elizabeth Howlett

Elizabeth Howlett has spent the last 25 years working on health reform in Rhode Island. After graduating from Brown University, she earned a Master of Business Administration in health care management from Boston University.

Elizabeth worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island before entering public service when elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 1996. She then served two terms as Lieutenant Governor for the State of Rhode Island, where she oversaw the implementation of the Affordable Care Act for Governor Lincoln Chafee. Under Governor Raimondo, she served as Secretary of the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services. In the spring of 2020, she joined the University of Rhode Island as the Director of the Academic Health Collaborative, focusing on the expansion of interprofessional education and collaborative research across the Colleges of Nursing, Health Sciences and Pharmacy. In 2024, she retired as Director of Special Projects for the Provost at URI and was appointed as the State President for AARP Rhode Island.