EQUILIBRIA www.equilibria.us Sarasota Email emergingpartners@yahoo.com (Voice) 941-365-9529 (Fax)    941-365-9739   Elena Pell Elena Pell, President of Equilibria, is a leadership and executive coach with more than 30 years experience supporting effective individual and organizational transformation in philanthropic, governmental, business, and non-profit sectors. Elena has devoted her career to understanding how leaders and organizations are effectively supported in the process of change. She has worked for a diverse client base including the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, the State of Georgia Department of Human Resources, Wachovia Bank Corporation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisville Making Connections, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Farmers Insurance Group, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Tomorrow, the Ethiopian Community Development Corporation, and the City of Philadelphia. Elena’s contributions to the field of coaching and systems transformation have received notable recognition. In 2005 she was one of 100 consultants selected as a founding Consultant Member of SoL -- the Society for Organizational Learning (formerly the MIT Center for Organizational Learning) -- chaired by Peter Senge. She is an active member of SoL’s Coaching Community of Practice that has been working with government and private industry to develop a coaching approach that integrates knowledge management and systems thinking with executive coaching. Elena is also a recipient of the prestigious Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellowship. The Casey Fellowship is awarded to exceptional innovators in transforming systems of services and support for children, families and neighborhoods. Elena has a BA in Sociology from State University of New York, and a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University. She has also completed significant courses of study at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Manchester University in the United Kingdom. Elena’s prior career experience includes several management and program positions at the ASPIRA Association, the Ford Foundation, US Basic Skills Investment Corporation and Mellon Bank Corporation. She has been trained in group facilitation, systems thinking, mediation, executive transitions, diversity management, coaching, results-based accountability, conflict resolution and negotiation. Elena is the author of several publications and has presented at numerous conferences and forums throughout the USA. She is a member of the International Coach Federation and board member of the Greater Sarasota Coaches Alliance. Elena Pell is a Cuban-American born in Hawaii and raised on the East Coast of the United States. She currently resides in Sarasota, Florida.