Her research focused on women diagnosed with breast cancer and ascertaining the impact of disease on treatment and survivorship. Once she became a mother, she founded Elizabeth Kaufman Design, an interior designing business. She is active on various community projects at Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School. Following her daughter’s diagnosis and treatment for leukemia, she and her husband Lee Blalack agreed to chair the upcoming 2013 Heroes Curing Childhood Cancer Gala in support of Children’s National.