Ellen Kellner

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About Ellen Kellner

With over 20 years of experience, Ellen’s entrepreneurial skills get new ideas, businesses, events, and projects off the ground and into measurable results, including positive feedback and smiles. I have expertise in hiring, workforce development, communications, logistics, and events. I particularly enjoy start-up projects; assisting organizations and businesses in creating impactful communications; designing systems to improve efficiency and care; creating alignment and integrating stated goals across various aspects; and, growing long-term professional relationships with an audience through thoughtful engagement strategy and execution. Career Highlights: • Owned, operated, and managed a seven figure business for seven years, seeing it through to a profitable acquisition. • Annually managed international nonprofit events with expenses up to $340k+, consistently coming in under budget, saving the organization tens of thousands dollars. • Recruited, trained, and supervised over 250 employees and interns throughout my career, creating and conducting “New Manager Trainings” to boost the skills and confidence of mid-career managers. • Birthed “The Pro-Child Way: Parenting with an Ex” method of mindful divorce parenting, resulting in a successful publication, earning recognition as a Finalist in the The Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Conducted well-received workshops including at the U.S. State Department and The Omega Institute. • During the first year of the coronavirus-19 pandemic, created protocols for digital events, reaching over 2.2 million viewers through various online events, including Mind & Life Institute’s first-ever digital event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Additional consulting and volunteer work has supported for-profit, not-profit, and individual projects. As a client in 2023 stated, “I really wasn't sure what I needed when I reached out, but you always seem to know. Thank you, Ellen!”