WHAT MY PARTNERS SAY
A Visionary Designer and Collaborative Leader
Amanda Suprenant
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-UX RESEARCH
Transformative Leader Driving User-Centered Innovation
Rachel Seurer
LEAD UX RESEARCHER
Invaluable Leader Cultivating Robust Relationships
Michaela Reimert
LEADER DESIGN OPERATIONS MANAGER
“Elizabeth is a highly-skilled and collaborative designer with extensive experience in strategic thinking. She is confident and curious when approaching ambiguous projects—and has proven time and time again that leading the team through design activities can lead to powerful and convicting visions and plans for execution.
As a research manager, I was privileged to partner with Elizabeth in both charting a course for projects and working with her and my team to execute on the research to support the work from the users’ perspective.”
“I was Elizabeth’s UX partner during an extensive strategic effort to improve the purchase and enrollment experience for Northwestern Mutual’s financial services. She led bring both our user-centered design function and extensive team of business stakeholders through the design-thinking process with enthusiasm, positivity, and grace.
Our organization continues to explore opportunities identified by Elizabeth’s work to address operational inefficiencies and to understand the full impact these opportunities have for our clients. She embodies the leadership, dedication, and tenacity needed to realize complex strategic efforts in large matrixed organizations as ours. In short, if you’re looking for technical savvy, demonstrated impact, and leadership— well, you’ve found it in Elizabeth Yeh.”
“Elizabeth exemplified tremendous value as a team member, leader and colleague during her tenure at Northwestern Mutual. Working alongside her, I had the privilege of witnessing her exceptional ability to cultivate robust relationships with our business partners. Through her remarkable efforts, she successfully transformed a previously hesitant and cautious client into an ardent supporter and advocate for our design team.
Furthermore, Elizabeth displayed an unmatched level of initiative in spearheading internal team initiatives, taking charge of strategy and ensuring the exceptional results. Her invaluable contributions included providing astute feedback to fellow designers and offering alternative perspectives that not only enhanced the quality of their work but also improved the final deliverable. Overall, Elizabeth personifies the epitome of an ideal colleague. Her insights, honesty, passion, empathy and ingenuity motivate those around her and make her a truly exceptional individual to work with.”