Liz Guinn Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Liz Guinn is an academic program administrator and former journalism professional based in Seattle, Washington. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of International and Graduate Law Programs at Seattle University School of Law, a position she has held since July 2025. In this role, she oversees admissions and academic advising for LLM and exchange programs. Guinn has built a long career in higher education administration, communications, admissions support, event coordination, and editorial work, with more than two decades of professional experience spanning universities, law schools, and news organizations.

Before becoming Assistant Director, Guinn worked for several years within Seattle University School of Law’s International and Graduate Programs division. As Program Coordinator from 2022 to 2025, she supported LLM and SJD programs, assisted prospective international students and applicants, organized application files, coordinated onboarding for admitted students, and supported currently enrolled students. She also organized webinars and student programming while updating promotional and web materials. Earlier, from 2015 to 2022, she worked as a Faculty Legal Program Assistant, supporting multiple institutes and centers including the Access to Justice Institute, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Center for Indian Law and Policy, and Graduate Law Programs. Her responsibilities included event coordination, marketing, logistics, student recruitment, and support for the Online MLS in Compliance and Risk Management program.

Prior to her work in legal education, Guinn had an extensive background in communications and journalism. She served as Community News Editor at the Post Register from 2011 to 2014, where she managed obituaries, announcements, events calendars, public records, and newsroom customer service. Earlier in her career, she spent six years at Virginia Tech in communications and development roles. As Communications Assistant for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia Cooperative Extension, she coordinated publications, proofread materials, wrote news releases, maintained websites and databases, and helped organize major university events. She also worked as a Development Assistant for the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, assisting with donor relations, newsletters, budgeting, and administrative support. Her earliest listed professional role was as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Mary Washington between 2003 and 2005, supporting communications and development operations.

Guinn earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Mary Washington, graduating in 2003. Her professional skills include academic advising, international admissions, editing, proofreading, public relations, newsletters, media relations, AP Style, and press releases. She also holds certifications from Virginia Tech in Brand Ambassador training, Customer Service Skills, and Office Software Skills. Additionally, she lists French as a language skill.

Outside of her professional career, Guinn gained public attention after announcing that she would appear as a contestant on Jeopardy!, with her episode airing on May 22. She shared the news on LinkedIn alongside an updated profile photograph, joking about putting her “random trivia knowledge” to good use.

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