Elizabeth Mulholland

Elizabeth Mulholland is the Chief Executive Officer of Prosper Canada, a national charity dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for Canadians living in poverty through program and policy innovation.

Elizabeth joined Prosper Canada in 2011, after a 25-year policy career in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including a decade of independent policy consulting, five years as senior social policy advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister, and five years directing United Ways of Ontario’s Government Relations Program.

Prosper Canada is Canada’s leading national champion of financial empowerment and works with partners in all sectors to develop and promote policies, programs, tools, and resources that enable people with low incomes to build their financial wellbeing. Prosper Canada is an authoritative source of evidence and insights on the financial lives and challenges of people with low incomes and effective solutions aimed at ensuring all Canadians have the opportunity to prosper.

Elizabeth has served as a member of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (2020-2023) and its National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy (2014-2018). She also served as a member of the Canada Revenue Agency’s External Advisory Panel on Service (2020-2023) and is currently a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Council of Payments Canada and sits on the Steering Committee overseeing Common Good, Canada’s first purpose-built, fully portable, retirement plan for non-profit sector workers.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geology and French from Wellesley College and successfully completed McGill University’s Graduate Summer Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Harvard Business School’s executive program, Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management.