Elizabeth Hamman Oliver is an active patron of the San Diego arts community. She is president of the Morgan Dene and Elizabeth Hamman Oliver Family Foundation. She is a member of the director’s cabinet at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and a board member of the San Diego Symphony, a trustee of The Bishop’s School, and honorary advisory board member of the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum. She is a former member of the board of both the Mainly Mozart Festival and University of California, San Diego Arts Gallery, and a committee member of the Museum of Modern Art, San Diego.