Eliza K. Quigley, LMSW

Director
Galveston, Texas

Eliza Quigley has more than a decade as a senior leader within nonprofits, charitable foundations, and social service organizations with a deep understanding and expertise in program development and donor relations. Eliza is the immediate past President of the Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund, having served on the Board of Directors for 14 years in various roles before becoming the first of her generation to lead her family’s philanthropic endeavors into the sixth and seventh generations.

Eliza has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Boston University. While at the University of Texas School of Graduate Work, she specialized in Administration and Planning, and studied at the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. In addition, she is certified in Alcohol and Drug Counseling Skills by the University of California, Los Angeles. She also holds a certification in Fine & Decorative Arts from Christie’s Auctioneers & the Royal Society of Arts in London and worked for a private art dealer in New York and for Sotheby’s Auctioneers in Los Angeles.

Eliza has lived and studied abroad in Florence and Rome, Italy; Cuenca, Spain and the United Kingdom, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East. While completing her Master’s Degree, she lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico and studied conversational Spanish for social workers.

Eliza sits on various boards as a trustee and as an advisor to the following organizations: The National Center for Family Philanthropy, The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing, the Galveston Roundtable of Foundations, the Galveston County Recovery Fund, The Johnny Mitchell Branch of the Boys & Girls Club, Temple B’nai Israel and is a lifetime Trustee of the Harry Rosenberg Library.