Elizabeth Bastian

Elizabeth Bastian has a diverse work experience, beginning with a Server role at Griffin Claw Brewing Company in 2013. In 2014, they worked as a Data Analyst for Data Driven Detroit, and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2015, they were a Thomas O'Bryant Transportation Policy and Finance Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2016, they were an ORISE Research Fellow at the US Army Corps of Engineers, and a Critical Language Scholarship Fellow in Arabic at the US Department of State. From 2018 to 2019, they were an Interim Transit Program Operations Analyst and Active Transportation Specialist at the University of Washington. Currently, they are a Customer Success Manager at Luum by HealthEquity, where they bring data-driven decision making to supporting and strategically growing accounts, and owns and manages partnerships with enterprise customer accounts.

Elizabeth Bastian began their educational journey in 2006 when they graduated from Royal Oak High School with a High School Diploma. Elizabeth then attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn from 2010 to 2013, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies and Anthropology. In 2013, Elizabeth obtained a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Elizabeth then went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Urban Planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which they completed in 2016. In the same year, Elizabeth also earned a Web Designer Blueprint in Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design from Skillcrush.