Director Corporate Social Impact
Evergy
Elizabeth Danforth is Director of Corporate Social Impact at Evergy, where she leads the company’s social responsibility and corporate citizenship, customer affairs, and community-based sustainability. Her work focuses on advancing strategies that support vulnerable customers and communities, strengthen environmental sustainability and community development, and address energy equity.
A longtime civic and nonprofit leader in the Kansas City region, Elizabeth has led a wide range of internal and external initiatives spanning government affairs, economic development, market research, and issues management. She currently serves on several local nonprofit and civic boards and is passionate about community engagement, gender equity, poverty, sustainable urban development, and climate protection.