Elizabeth “Tizzy” Bennett, MPH, MCHES

Elizabeth “Tizzy” Bennett, MPH, MCHES led drowning prevention initiatives for 30 years while serving as community health director at Seattle Children’s. Since 2020 she has co-chaired the Life Jacket Working Group for the U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan and is also a Clinical Instructor in the University of Washington School of Public Health. Tizzy has co-authored over 30 journal articles and book chapters on drowning prevention and water safety primarily focused on open water including observing life jacket use; the evaluation of the Stay on Top of It campaign to increase life jacket use as well as a Vietnamese water safety campaign; the effectiveness of designated swim areas; and Everyone Swims, a policy and systems change approach to increase access to swimming. She has worked and presented internationally including co-leading the development of open water drowning prevention guidelines and co-editing the Prevention Section of Drowning: Prevention, Rescue and Treatment.