Elizabeth Cafferkey

Elizabeth Cafferkey is a philanthropic advisor at the Cleveland Museum of Art since October 2021, with extensive experience in fundraising and strategic planning for arts organizations. Previously, Cafferkey worked as a consultant from August 2014 to September 2021, coaching literary magazine publishers and leaders of arts nonprofits. Cafferkey has held significant roles including major gifts officer at Sarah Lawrence College, senior major gifts coordinator at the Metropolitan Opera, and co-founder and publisher of Guernica Magazine. Academic contributions include positions as an adjunct professor of English at Fordham University and English teacher at Saint Joseph Academy. Cafferkey earned an MFA in Poetry and an MA in English from Sarah Lawrence College and Fordham University, respectively, complementing a BA in English from Fordham University.