Elizabeth Spencer brings her extensive 20 years of experience in arts in education and community partnerships to the role of nurturing the next generation of Western Australian storytellers as CEO of The Literature Centre since 2021. Her most recent previous role has been as Director Library Services for seven years at The State Library, where amongst a multitude of services, for information, literacy, creativity and culture, she led the award winning state-wide Better Beginnings Family Literacy Program. Earlier in her career she worked for eleven years at the (then) Department of Culture and the Arts, commencing with Project Officer Young People and the Arts and moving to a number of roles in Senior Management and Leadership of arts and cultural funding, industry development and creative learning partnerships. Elizabeth trained at WAAPA and worked in the theatre, film, tv and radio industry for sixteen years as a performer and a playwright.