Elizabeth L. Whitten (Ibby) is the CFO of the North Carolina Outward Bound School. She has over twenty years of management and consulting experience. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, business planning, joint ventures and partnerships. Her past experience includes positions as the Chief Financial Officer of Four Seasons Hospice in North Carolina and as a Senior Business Strategy Consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and KPMG Management Consulting. Elizabeth has published articles in several journals including: Health Care Management Review, Hospitals and Health Services Administration and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. She speaks and writes frequently on topics in strategic planning, capital planning and dynamic business collaboration. Elizabeth earned a Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia.