Fr. Ted Said… Bridge Builders: Elizabeth (Betsy) Bohlen ’90

Around the world, many observers are concerned about losing a sense of community as fewer and fewer people feel a responsibility to care for others. With a growing and often welcome emphasis on individual rights and freedoms, how should we—individually and collectively—think about our responsibilities to one another? In a world where ideological and cultural divisions seem to have deepened and caused terrible suffering, we are called to build bridges between people to face the challenges of our times. Be inspired by our speaker lineup of alumni and faculty who are bridge builders in a fractured world  – just like Fr. Ted.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bohlen ’90 is the Chief Operating Officer of the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she oversees administrative operations and brings strategic planning, organization and implementation expertise to strategic pastoral initiatives. Prior to the Archdiocese, Ms. Bohlen was a partner at McKinsey & Company, an international management consulting firm. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Slovak American Enterprise Fund and The First Boston Corporation. She has lived and worked in Central Europe and Asia.Ms. Bohlen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. She received her BA in economics, with a minor in theology, from the University of Notre Dame. Betsy and her husband Jon have two children, including a rising junior at Notre Dame (ND27).