Elizabeth Leighton

Background

Leighton, Elizabeth was born on February 23, 1960 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Perley Maynard and Deborah Boies (Cotton) Leighton.

Education

Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1983.

Career

3d secretary, United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985-1987; vice counsel, United States Consulate General, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1987-1989; polar affairs officer, unites states department State, Washingtion, 1989-1991; arctic policy specialist, U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1991-1993; environmental policy officer, United States foreign service officer, Worldwide Fund for Nature, Aberfeldy, Scotland, since 1993.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Leighton has been listed as a noteworthy Environmentalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Conservation chair Sierra Club, Washington Group, 1990-1991. Member American Foreign Svc. Association, National Audubon Society, Northern Alaska Environmental Center, International Arctic Social Sciences Association, Nature Conservancy.

Connections

Married Richard Worrell, October 17, 1993.

Father:

Perley Maynard Leighton

Mother:

Deborah Boies (Cotton) Leighton

Spouse:

Richard Worrell