Lizveth Mendez-Witt

Lizveth Mendez-Witt has over 20 years of experience in various roles. In 2000, they began working at Nisen & Elliott, LLC as an Employee Compensation & Benefits specialist, where they assisted managing partners and associate attorneys with the development of employee benefit plans. In 2004, they moved to the Illinois Attorney General's Office as a Government & Community Relations (Policy & Strategic Communications Bureau) specialist. In 2012, they ran for public office to manage a $150 M annual budget, positioning herself as the independent voice with community values and a vision for an improved quality of life for its 90K residents. In 2015, they joined Cook County Government as the Deputy Bureau Chief - Bureau of Asset Management, where they were responsible for creating and managing master campus plans. In 2019, they moved to Tierra Luna Engineering, LLC as the Operations & Strategy Officer. Currently, they are the Chief Financial Officer at New Moms, where they are guided by their mission to share the love of God by surrounding young moms and their children with everything they need to transform their lives.

Lizveth Mendez-Witt attended Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School from 1989 to 1993, earning their High School degree. Lizveth then attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1993 to 1998, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Spanish Literature. Finally, they attended the University of Notre Dame from 2011 to 2012, where they earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Mendoza College of Business.