Elise Furst
Director of Project Management and Logistics
Elise is a strategic leader responsible for logistical and sustainment planning, cost-wise readiness implementation, driving efficiency, and ensuring alignment with UI’s company objectives. Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Elise is instrumental in leading operational strategy, facilitating process improvement, supporting team development, and fostering collaboration across all departments. Elise brings exceptional planning and organization skills and leadership acumen that inspire and develop high-performing teams. She leads the company’s program fulfillment suite to ensure the most effective and efficient delivery of program resources to the school district clients and collaborative partners. Elise is an integral leadership team member, contributing to strategic decision-making and long-term planning, fostering a culture of operational excellence, and encouraging innovation and continuous improvement. Her responsibilities include engaging in and collaborating with internal departments to ensure that business requirements are clearly defined, key dates and supply chain management are documented, and initiatives are properly executed. Elise is gifted in analytical and problem-solving, ensuring that systems and materials are procured, maintained, and sustained efficiently to meet operational readiness. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with over 20 years of experience in the education industry. Elise has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Brooklyn College and an Associate Degree in Graphic Design from the International Academy of Design and Technology.
