Faculty
Elizabeth B. Bolton
Professor of Community Development
Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
University of Florida
Email: ebbolton@ufl.edu
(856) 914-2064
Elizabeth Bolton has a Ph.D. from Florida State University in Design and Management of Post Secondary Education (with a minor in instructional design and personnel development). She received a M.A. from the University of South Florida in Adult Education and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Florida.
Dr. Bolton teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in nonprofit management in the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences and was instrumental in the development of Organizational Leadership in Nonprofits, the interdisciplinary minor at the University of Florida. She developed the courses for the graduate minor in nonprofit organizations and continues to expand the courses offered with the expectation of offering a certificate to both UF students and external clientele.
In addition to her teaching assignment, she has an appointment in Cooperative Extension and works with county extension faculty in the development and delivery of programs in entrepreneurship education, leadership development, job preparation and volunteer management.
Funded projects include work with the Florida Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and the Florida Department of Labor (currently known as the Agency for Workforce Innovation). She has worked with county extension offices through out Florida and has written Extension publications and refereed articles.
She is the founder and former president of the Association of Leadership Educators, a nonprofit membership organization focused on leadership education for professional educators
