Elizabeth Mulholland is an independent public policy consultant specializing since April 2002 in social and urban development, sport for development, and R&D policy in relation to economic development. In addition to a wide variety of consulting assignments, Ms. Mulholland served for 18 months as the Director of the Secretariat to the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group, a 4-year multilateral initiative aimed at developing practical recommendations to enable governments to harness the potential of sport to advance their domestic and international development and peace goals. Prior to April 2002, Ms. Mulholland was the Vice-President, Public Policy at WilliamsResearch International, leading an applied research and analysis practise focused on health, social and urban policy. Prior to joining WilliamsResearch, Ms. Mulholland served as the Senior Advisor on Social Development in the Office of the Prime Minister, providing strategic direction on national social and health policy issues. In addition to her experience at the federal level, Ms. Mulholland directed United Ways of Ontario’s government relations program for four years and served as a senior policy advisor to the Task Force on the Future of the Greater Toronto Area.