About Us

Elizabeth Badmus is a Master’s Student of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Springfield, she works at SHIELD Illinois, a University of Illinois System Organization whose aim is to constantly strive to sustain and enhance its quality in teaching, research, public service, healthcare, and economic development. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Crop and Environmental Protection from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and a master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Illinois, Springfield, USA. `She has about 6 years’ experience in the developmental sector with focus on Health, Agriculture and Public sector reform. Elizabeth Badmus worked as an Associate at Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, as a development technocrat on the Health, Governance, and Inclusive Institutions desk to help improve public service reforms, support, and strengthen governance institutions across the states of the Southwest region.  Her work at DAWN Commission also helped her in reaching out to the people and helping grassroot people have access to basic information’s and amenities, she has worked in partnership with numerous partners such as FCDO-PERL, World Bank etc. where she has facilitated development conversations amongst different stakeholders. Her work at SHIELD Illinois focused on ensuring proper testing and education of Illinois citizen again COVID 19 virus which also gave her a leverage on reaching out to the people. She has always had a desire to help promote knowledge and education through volunteerism and community engagement. this followed her volunteer as the media lead for the agriculture community service during her NYSC in 2017. Elizabeth is motivated by her desire to helping people and ensuring that everyone has equal access to things. She is a strategic and analytical thinker with the quest to know and understand the environment with the aim of contributing to public policy development in this space.