Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Communication and Media Management at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. She brings over 25 years of experience advising global financial institutions, private equity firms, and capital markets clients on corporate and regulatory transformation, operational improvement, and market development.

As Principal and Founder of TWG, Inc., she has served as a trusted advisor to C-suite leadership at leading institutions, including T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments, Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank, US Bank, and Optima Group.

Professor Fry’s expertise spans strategic marketing, new market and product development, client lifecycle transformation, and executive stakeholder alignment. She specializes in taking new market opportunities from ideation to launch by unifying customer insights, competitive analysis, and strategic positioning. Her advisory background encompasses directing large-scale corporate development programs, leading M&A origination and due diligence, building institutional communication strategies, and leading customer-facing digital transformations.

Beyond her corporate advisory practice, Professor Fry serves as an advisor and mentor to early-stage startups and actively supports community initiatives focused on local sustainability, ESG strategies, and emerging technology governance. Her academic research and thought leadership center on strategy execution, particularly how predictive analytics and generative AI can be ethically and strategically applied across data governance, global compliance frameworks, and executive decision-making.

At Fordham, Professor Fry serves on the Ground Floor leadership team and teaches Strategy at the graduate level in the Gabelli School of Business. She holds an MBA in Finance (Beta Gamma Sigma) and a Master’s Certificate in Taxation from Fordham University, a BS in Chemistry from the University of Connecticut, and a Master’s Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University.

• MBA in Finance - Conc.: Investment Analysis; Corporate Finance from Villanova University
• BS in Chemistry - Conc.: Physical Chemistry, Applied Math from University of Connecticut