Liz Kozub
Director, Technical Assistance
Liz Kozub is the Director of Technical Assistance at the Center for Community Progress. In this role, she leads a team of experienced partitioners and vacant property experts to deliver essential technical assistance to urban, suburban, and rural communities across the country.
Kozub has spent the past 15 years focused on helping communities develop policy solutions, partnerships, and innovative approaches to addressing systemic vacancy. She is passionate about building collaboration among local governments, policymakers, grassroots leaders, philanthropic organizations, and community stakeholders to advance equitable neighborhood revitalization. Kozub has worked with communities across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Mississippi, and many other states to strengthen policies and practices related to code enforcement, land banking, strategic property reuse, data analysis, and equitable redevelopment.
Prior to joining the Community Progress team, Kozub was an instrumental member of the leadership team that formed the Tri-COG Land Bank, a multi-municipal, community-driven land bank in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The Tri-COG Land Bank has since grown to become a national model for land banking in the United States. She also led the establishment of a multi-municipal code enforcement program to support small, under-resourced communities.
Kozub received a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Allegheny College. She is based just outside of Buffalo, New York.