Elizabeth Giudicessi

Communications Advisor

Elizabeth (Beth) Giudicessi counsels leading organizations and mission-driven executives in higher education, advocacy, economic development, philanthropy, and the arts on communications strategy, media relations, and content development.

She was honored to join the Musizi University Foundation Board of Trustees in 2026.

In her prior storytelling work in higher education, she built teams and held leadership roles, including at Arizona State University and the ASU Foundation, Harvard University, and Stanford University. She was formerly vice president of admissions, marketing, and public relations at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and began her career in admissions at the University of Notre Dame.

Beth also specialized in principal communications at Pivotal Ventures, the investment office founded by Melinda French Gates to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people. While there, the New York Times described Beth as an “indispensable aide.”

She graduated with honors from Notre Dame (B.A., philosophy) and the University of Edinburgh (M.Sc., literature and modernity) and completed the Columbia Publishing Course in New York City.

Beth and her family live in California with their Bergamasco sheepdog.