Miracle Foundation Names Elizabeth Griffin as New CEO

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Miracle Foundation, a global nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, has appointed Elizabeth Griffin as its new Chief Executive Officer. Griffin brings extensive experience in nonprofit leadership and social impact, having worked in various roles across child welfare, human trafficking, international development, and crisis response.

Griffin's career highlights include leading The BiG Community, an organization serving adults with disabilities in Central Texas, through a significant $12 million capital campaign. Prior to that, she was a founding member of the leadership team at Unbound Now, where she helped expand the organization's work to six countries and supported the development of a replication network across nine states. Her career has spanned more than 10 countries across four global regions, including humanitarian response along the Poland-Ukraine border.

Miracle Foundation's mission is to prevent family separation, strengthen families, and transform the systems responsible for supporting vulnerable children. The organization has supported over 44,000 children and 27,500 families through its programs and partnerships. Griffin's appointment comes as the organization continues to advance its work in these areas.

Griffin will lead Miracle Foundation's global strategy and operations, focusing on scaling family-based care solutions and strengthening child welfare systems. The organization's approach combines direct work with children and families with training, partnerships, data, and technology designed to help organizations and governments identify family needs earlier and provide the support necessary to keep families safely together.

Since its founding in 2000, Miracle Foundation has been dedicated to ensuring children grow up in safe, stable, and permanent families. The organization works to prevent family separation, reunite children with families whenever safely possible, and strengthen the people and systems responsible for supporting vulnerable children and families. Through family-strengthening programs, partnerships, training, technology, and data-driven tools, Miracle Foundation collaborates with communities, organizations, governments, and child welfare professionals to create lasting change for children.