On August 23, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Elizabeth Fine will serve as Counsel to the Governor. The appointment is one of Governor Hochul’s first as her new administration begins to take shape.
Elizabeth Fine became General Counsel and Executive Vice-President of the Empire State Development Corporation in 2014 after a long career of government service. Fine grew up in New Haven, Washington D.C., and Lima, Peru. Her family eventually settled in the Boston area, where Fine graduated Brookline High School. Jonathan Fine, Elizabeth’s father, had worked in Lima for the Agency for International Development while her mother, Edith W. Fine, was an administrator for the Peace Corp. … <Read More>