Elizabeth Manley

Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy

Elizabeth Manley, LSW, is Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy at Innovations Institute and Assistant Extension Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Elizabeth is nationally recognized for her expertise in children’s behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and substance use systems design. She has a specific focus on innovation in policy, financing, and practice implementation with states and communities. Her over 30 years of executive leadership at the national, state, and provider levels in both the public and private sectors have given her a unique understanding of the complexity of systems and the impact of innovation. Elizabeth is the former Assistant Commissioner for New Jersey’s Children’s System of Care, where she led transformation and implementation of system innovations including building a trauma informed, seamless public behavioral health system with expertise in addressing the special needs of youth engaged in other child serving systems such as child welfare and juvenile justice. Elizabeth holds an LSW and a certificate in nonprofit management from Rutgers University.