Professionally, Liz has held positions as Executive Secretary (to the VP of Concorde Fibers, Columbia, MD); Administrative Assistant (to the President of Fawn Togs, Braselton, GA);  Office Manager (Digilab, Columbia, MD); Administrative Secretary (VP of Marketing, Environment Products Division of Dynasciences, Chatsworth, CA);  Sales & Advertising Manager (printing corp in California);  Manager (billing/CRS dept. in District Photo, Inc., Beltsville, MD); General Secretary (Pershing Modification Project, Martin Marietta, Frankfurt, Germany); and other office/administration positions.

In 1983, Liz changed her career to become a Law Enforcement Officer, joining the 6th largest Sheriff's Department in the State of Georgia.  During the next eighteen years with the Hall County Sheriff's Department, Liz served as a Patrol Officer, Criminal Investigator, Narcotics Investigator, as well as a Field Training Officer.

Among numerous certifications, Liz was a certified Red Cross First Aid/CPR instructor at the Sheriff's Department.   Medically retiring in 2001, Liz decided to pursue founding a Wolf Educational Facility and Sanctuary, moving to the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina.

The "family" started in 1990, when Liz took in two wolfdogs from a friend who needed to find them a spacious home.  Living on a 125 acre farm, there was more than enough room when the two presented Liz with an extended family, and life with a wolf pack began.  Through trial and error, reading material on wolves  and uncountable hours working on fences, experience and knowledge was gained.  Over the years, other wolf/wolfdogs came to live on the farm, needing a safe haven.  The Sanctum was founded to pass on not only the love for the wolf, but all the experience gained from working with wolves and wolfdogs in hopes that others may also learn to love, respect and hopefully conserve this magnificent resource.