Elizabeth Hargrave

Elizabeth Hargrave is an American game designer. She has designed several games, including Wingspan, which won the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres for best connoisseur game of the year, Tussie-Mussie and Mariposas. Biography Hargrave grew up in Florida, with her father being a biochemist. Growing up, she played games with her family, particularly Scrabble and hearts, and played gin rummy in high school. In 1994, Hargrave graduated from Brown University. She went on to earn her Master's in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. After earning a master’s degree in public affairs, Hargrave worked for many years in Washington, DC, first at the Department of Health and Human Services and later as a public policy analyst at the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. Her policy research included prescription drug policy, and work on a report to the U.S. Congress by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Hargrave was featured in a US News Money article discussing the U.S. 2012 Medicare Part D Plan.