As the founder and former president of Mt. Auburn Associates, Beth Siegel has played a transformative role in shaping the firm's vision and impact over its 40-year history. Through her leadership and consulting expertise, Beth guided the firm’s evolution from designing and implementing economic and community development strategies to becoming a national leader in the creative economy and the evaluation of community development, economic development, and health-related initiatives.

Now serving as a strategic advisor, Beth continues to lend her expertise in program evaluation and philanthropic cross-site initiatives, focusing on system change and multi-sector partnerships. Her contributions to the field include co-authoring the influential article "Multisector Partnerships Need Further Development To Fulfill Aspirations For Transforming Regional Health And Well-Being," published in Health Affairs. Beth’s publications, including Pathways to System Change: The Design of Multisite, Cross-Sector Initiatives, and Best Practices in the Design and Implementation of Learning Communities, both for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, reflect her ongoing dedication to advancing knowledge and practice in the field.

Beth's commitment to health equity led to Mt. Auburn being selected as the evaluator of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Invest Health initiative, which addresses the intersection of community development and health in small cities. She has also collaborated with the Center for Community Investment to help communities mobilize capital for economic, social, and environmental priorities. Throughout her career, Beth has been a thought leader whose policy work and writings have driven innovation in economic and community development. Her seminal reports, such as Jobs and the Urban Poor and Third Tier Cities: Adjusting to the New Economy, remain influential. She has also been recognized for her contributions to the creative economy, including studies like The Role of the Arts and Culture in New England's Economic Competitiveness and Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business.

Beth holds a BA from Beloit College and a master’s in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University.