Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman was elected to the State Senate in November 2018 and represents
communities in and surrounding central and west Wilmington. Her district is one of the most diverse
and densely populated in Delaware. She was raised in Wilmington’s Cool Spring neighborhood.
Sen. Lockman has long been an advocate for education reform, originally through her local Parent
Teacher Association and then as a member of the Wilmington Education Advisory Committee (WEAC).
When WEAC established the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission (WEIC) – which
focused on better serving Wilmington’s public school students through equity-focused funding –
Lockman became the group’s Vice Chair.

Sen. Lockman entered community service through Public Allies Delaware in 2004, where she served as
Program Manager for the Hearts & Minds Film Initiative of Serviam Media. When her daughter
enrolled in kindergarten at Highlands Elementary School, Sen. Lockman joined the Parent Teacher
Association and served as the group’s president from 2010-2013.

Sen. Lockman continues to fight for reforming public education, most recently leading a grassroots
organizing effort to develop community leadership on this issue as the director of the Parent Advisory
Council on Education (PACE) initiative at the Christina Cultural Arts Center. The initiative pursues a
vision to improve effective participation in the public education system to strengthen it for students
living in the city of Wilmington with a focus on building recognized parent leadership, driven by local
outreach and a community-built advocacy agenda.

Sen. Lockman was elected by her peers as Senate Majority Whip, in 2021 and chair of the Senate
Transportation Committee and Senate Rules & Ethics committee, vice chair of the Education
Committee and serves on the Senate Executive committee. She also serves as co-chair of the Redding
Consortium for Education Equity, which is developing ways the Delaware Department of Education
and the General Assembly can improve outcomes for students in Wilmington and Northern New Castle
County.