Elisabeth Robert was appointed President and Chief Bear Officer of The Vermont Teddy Bear Company® in 1997, after serving two years as its CFO. Under Liz's leadership, The Vermont Teddy Bear Company (NASDAQ: BEAR) has grown to $39 million in annual revenues, up from $16.5. Driving growth is expansion of the Company's radio advertising campaign to more than 125 cities nationwide and the highly successful Website www.vermontteddybear.com, which now receives 55% of all Bear-Gram orders. In 2002, Vermont Business Magazine listed The Vermont Teddy Bear Company as one of the State's ten fastest growing companies.

The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is known for its support of the community service programs and in 2001 Liz inaugurated The Vermont Student Citizen Award to recognize exceptional volunteer efforts by students of Vermont's colleges and universities.
Liz was a New England finalist in the 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program. Currently she is a member of the Vermont Business Roundtable, the New England Advisory Council to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Board of Advisors for the UVM School of Business Administration, and a recently appointed trustee of Fletcher Allen Health Care.

Prior to joining The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Liz was a founding partner of Airmouse Remote Controls, in Williston, VT; Campaign Manager for the McCarren Lieutenant Governor campaign; and a junior executive of Vermont Gas Systems. She began her career as a loan officer trainee at First National Bank of Boston.

Liz earned her BA from Middlebury College in 1978 and her Master's Degree in Business Administration from The University of Vermont in 1984. She lives in Charlotte with her two daughters, Catie (21) and Ruthie (17).