Board and Staff presence since 2016; Executive Director from 1993 to 1996 and Co-Director with Ruth Coulthard from 1996-1997.

Elizabeth V. Hallett is a long-time member of Peace House and the Ashland community.She coordinated the Uncle Food’s Diner Project from 1993-1995. She returned to Peace House as a Board member in 2016 and became the Program Manager in 2017. She believes that teaching and practicing nonviolent communication is essential and has been involved for many years as a peace activist, from the days of the Vietnam War to the Central American wars in the 1970’s and 80’s to present time.Having lived in Brazil as a child, she developed a great love for multicultural communities early-on. A former Doula and Childbirth Educator with a passion for health-care advocacy, Elizabeth also served as the Communications Director for the California Association of Midwives in the mid-1980’s. From 1999 to 2009, Elizabeth was the Director of the Ashland Community Hospital Day Respite Center for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. She is the owner of Elizabeth Hallett Consulting, specializing in health-care advocacy, support groups, consulting and integrated care options for families living with dementia and long-term illness. She is currently a student of Spiritual Direction with the Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA. Her BA is in American Studies from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and she speaks Portuguese, Spanish and French.