"Some of Elizabeth Ruth Wilson's accomplishments seem impossible, but only if you believe in limits. Wilson never has and never will." - Patrice Gaines
About Dr. Wilson
Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Wilson is an award-winning consultant who helps organizations address the world's most pressing challenges. Armed with an unusual ability and energy to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, she has advised governments and nonprofits in developing data-driven strategies, improving coordination, and increasing their impact. Dr. Wilson has worked with Huntington, West Virginia, considered the epicenter of the US opioid epidemic, to create a strategic plan for addressing its crisis that received praise from staff of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. In Winthrop, Massachusetts, she advised the Town Manager in developing and implementing strategies, which reduced the number of problem properties by 40% within one year; and her work with a youth homeless shelter earned an award from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Dr. Wilson also served as the Director of Research at the Children's Defense Fund.
A passionate entrepreneur and humanitarian, Dr. Wilson has spent much of her spare time leading and volunteering for organizations to improve access to housing, healthcare, and education in underserved communities around the world. At 19, Dr. Wilson founded the Regalia for Hope Project, which provided more than 3,000 handmade earring pairs to females with cancer. She has volunteered for organizations throughout the US and completed service work in Senegal and Haiti. She is a compelling and engaging speaker to audiences of all ages about following your passion and achieving your dreams.
Dr. Wilson now serves as the Founder and CEO of the Euth Foundation, which seeks to provide opportunities that help people create change. The organization hosted Global Launchpad, a conference that convened changemakers on April 15-17, 2020, to develop skills for turning their ideas into action. As the world worked to address COVID-19 and social distanced, the Euth Foundation encouraged people from around the world to share or sing their ideas for bringing about change on social media and to challenge others to do the same, creating a #socialstorm to help society #gothedistance.
By the age of 24, Dr. Wilson earned her PhD and MS in Management and Organizations from Northwestern University, completing them in three years, and her BSBA from the University of South Carolina, summa cum laude with honors from the South Carolina Honors College; she completed five undergraduate majors in three years. She also completed a Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a prestigious John F. Kennedy Fellow, and a Master of Public Health in Global Health at Yale. For her work, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year at USC in 2011, received the key to the City of Columbia, South Carolina, and was honored by the South Carolina Legislature. Dr. Wilson is an avid traveler and wildlife photographer, tennis superfan, gospel music enthusiast, and fruit connoisseur.
A passionate entrepreneur and humanitarian, Dr. Wilson has spent much of her spare time leading and volunteering for organizations to improve access to housing, healthcare, and education in underserved communities around the world. At 19, Dr. Wilson founded the Regalia for Hope Project, which provided more than 3,000 handmade earring pairs to females with cancer. She has volunteered for organizations throughout the US and completed service work in Senegal and Haiti. She is a compelling and engaging speaker to audiences of all ages about following your passion and achieving your dreams.
Dr. Wilson now serves as the Founder and CEO of the Euth Foundation, which seeks to provide opportunities that help people create change. The organization hosted Global Launchpad, a conference that convened changemakers on April 15-17, 2020, to develop skills for turning their ideas into action. As the world worked to address COVID-19 and social distanced, the Euth Foundation encouraged people from around the world to share or sing their ideas for bringing about change on social media and to challenge others to do the same, creating a #socialstorm to help society #gothedistance.
By the age of 24, Dr. Wilson earned her PhD and MS in Management and Organizations from Northwestern University, completing them in three years, and her BSBA from the University of South Carolina, summa cum laude with honors from the South Carolina Honors College; she completed five undergraduate majors in three years. She also completed a Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a prestigious John F. Kennedy Fellow, and a Master of Public Health in Global Health at Yale. For her work, she was named Outstanding Woman of the Year at USC in 2011, received the key to the City of Columbia, South Carolina, and was honored by the South Carolina Legislature. Dr. Wilson is an avid traveler and wildlife photographer, tennis superfan, gospel music enthusiast, and fruit connoisseur.
Press
KELLOGG INSIGHT / 2019
Might there be another emotion that could promote innovation? Eventually Thompson and her collaborators, Elizabeth Ruth Wilson of Harvard University and Brian J. Lucas of Cornell University, landed on embarrassment.
Might there be another emotion that could promote innovation? Eventually Thompson and her collaborators, Elizabeth Ruth Wilson of Harvard University and Brian J. Lucas of Cornell University, landed on embarrassment.
FAST COMPANY / 2019
Colleagues Elizabeth Ruth Wilson and Brian Lucas and I hypothesized that hearing about colleagues’ successes may be motivating, but it may also be intimidating enough to stifle creativity and, ultimately, performance.
Colleagues Elizabeth Ruth Wilson and Brian Lucas and I hypothesized that hearing about colleagues’ successes may be motivating, but it may also be intimidating enough to stifle creativity and, ultimately, performance.
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW / 2017
My colleagues, Elizabeth Ruth Wilson and Brian Lucas, and I decided to explore whether people could also be primed for better brainstorming before the idea generation even starts.
My colleagues, Elizabeth Ruth Wilson and Brian Lucas, and I decided to explore whether people could also be primed for better brainstorming before the idea generation even starts.
HERALD DISPATCH / 2017
The Huntington Mayor's Office of Drug Control Policy has released its two-year strategic plan for addressing the opioid crisis in Huntington. The plan lays out all the current and planned efforts regarding the office's three key areas: prevention, treatment and recovery, and law enforcement. Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Wilson authored and designed the plan for the city.
The Huntington Mayor's Office of Drug Control Policy has released its two-year strategic plan for addressing the opioid crisis in Huntington. The plan lays out all the current and planned efforts regarding the office's three key areas: prevention, treatment and recovery, and law enforcement. Dr. Elizabeth Ruth Wilson authored and designed the plan for the city.
HARVARD JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES / 2017
In a paper that received this year’s Joint Center’s prize for the best student paper on housing – Elizabeth Ruth Wilson examines how Y2Y Harvard Square, a student-run shelter for young adults, could address some of these problems.
In a paper that received this year’s Joint Center’s prize for the best student paper on housing – Elizabeth Ruth Wilson examines how Y2Y Harvard Square, a student-run shelter for young adults, could address some of these problems.
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM / 2013
Nearly 1,000 patients at NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center are wearing one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry, thanks to an unusual and generous donation from the Regalia for Hope Project. “I’ve watched several family members battle cancer,” said Elizabeth Ruth Wilson, an Evanston graduate student and founder of Regalia for Hope.
Nearly 1,000 patients at NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center are wearing one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry, thanks to an unusual and generous donation from the Regalia for Hope Project. “I’ve watched several family members battle cancer,” said Elizabeth Ruth Wilson, an Evanston graduate student and founder of Regalia for Hope.
BLACK AMERICA WEB / 2013
Some of Elizabeth Ruth Wilson’s accomplishments seem impossible, but only if you believe in limits. Wilson, 22, never has and never will.
Some of Elizabeth Ruth Wilson’s accomplishments seem impossible, but only if you believe in limits. Wilson, 22, never has and never will.
DATELINE CAROLINA / 2012
by Josh Dawsey
In 43 years of teaching business, associate dean Randy Folks has never seen a student graduate with five majors. "Nowhere close," he said – until he met Elizabeth Wilson, a wunderkind from Georgetown who graduates this spring with five majors and a 3.99 GPA. It took her only three years.
Wilson was bored with 18 hours in her first semester and signed up for more. She has taken as much as 31 hours in a semester, which is 10 classes, or double that of an average student. Business Dean Hildy Teegen calls her a rare gem who inspires others and boosts recruitment for the business school, and Folks says she'll be a legend for years to come.
by Josh Dawsey
In 43 years of teaching business, associate dean Randy Folks has never seen a student graduate with five majors. "Nowhere close," he said – until he met Elizabeth Wilson, a wunderkind from Georgetown who graduates this spring with five majors and a 3.99 GPA. It took her only three years.
Wilson was bored with 18 hours in her first semester and signed up for more. She has taken as much as 31 hours in a semester, which is 10 classes, or double that of an average student. Business Dean Hildy Teegen calls her a rare gem who inspires others and boosts recruitment for the business school, and Folks says she'll be a legend for years to come.
SCNOW / 2011
Elizabeth Wilson, a Carolina Scholar and quintuple business major from Georgetown, has been named the University of South Carolina’s Outstanding Woman of the Year for 2011.
Elizabeth Wilson, a Carolina Scholar and quintuple business major from Georgetown, has been named the University of South Carolina’s Outstanding Woman of the Year for 2011.
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