Lizzie Redman

Lizzie Redman is the executive director of the Bubble Foundation, a child wellness nonprofit that provides nutrition and fitness education in underserved schools across New York City. Lizzie joined Bubble from the education organization Teach For America, where she worked on national fundraising and growth strategy across the organization’s 50 regional sites. At Teach For America, she led strategic planning and special projects and then took on a role to design and deliver adult learning experiences to national and regional staff members. Prior to Teach For America, she worked as a strategy and operations consultant at Deloitte Consulting, where she consulted on communications, strategic planning, and customer insights for several federal government agencies.

Trained as a small child on the secrets to a good gumbo in her grandmother’s New Orleans kitchen, Lizzie is passionate about providing all children with food access and education. When not in Bubble’s schools, she can often be found testing new recipes or doing cooking demos at local farmers markets. Lizzie studied history and international business at the University of Texas at Austin. At Bubble, Lizzie led the expansion of the organization’s cooking, gardening, and nutrition curriculum to more schools, grew the team, and increased fundraising revenue to allow for greater impact across underserved communities in New York City. She is also on the Board of Advisors of Cocoa Compassion, a social enterprise that fosters the growth of responsible chocolate.