Elizabeth Garber is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of IDPartner, a startup that puts people in control of their digital identities. Her background includes leading the Open Digital Trust Initiative at the Institute of International Finance and co-chairing the OpenID Foundation's GAIN technical proof-of-concept, which strives to create globally interoperable networks for exchanging high-assurance identity information. She is a frequent presenter on GAIN and an editor of several whitepapers, including "GAIN Digital Trust" and a new whitepaper for government officials. Her mission is consistent: she is passionate about empowering and including all users in the digital economy and believes the industry must provide the broadest possible solutions to deliver seamless access, preserve privacy, and defend against fraud. Outside this work, she writes and presents to encourage diverse contributions to Identity solutions, paints, empowers and includes two young children, and (yes, and . . .) is an avid student of improv.