My Story
Elizabeth Simonton is the Co-Founder and CEO of ICU baby, the largest volunteer based organization in Florida to support families with a baby in the NICU. Elizabeth is an attorney and former small business owner who started ICU baby in 2014 after having a NICU experience of her own. ICU baby has helped hundreds of NICU families each year since being founded and has won awards from the United Way of Miami-Dade and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce for innovative programming to meet community needs.
Elizabeth received her B.S. from Furman University with a double major in psychology and political science and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Richmond Law School in 2005. Elizabeth and the PAIRED Parent Advisory Committee won the 2021 Director's Award from the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative, was named a 2019 Miami Leader by the Miami Foundation and is a graduate of Radical Partners’ Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp’s Cohort 6.