Ellen Stiefler

Brainstormer, Business adviser, Connector, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Investor, Parent, Promoter, World traveler

Ellen has been coming to TED since 2006. For the last few years, she has been sailing around the world on a 44’ catamaran. 2019 marks her return to land-based living -and TED. Ellen Stiefler wears a number of hats that come together to nurture talent, develop their stories, and bring them into the world across many media. * intellectual property attorney -- Ellen identifies, protects and makes deals to develop the rights upon which content can be built; * talent agent / manager -- she finds and nurtures the creative people who produce ideas worth sharing; * transmedia producer and publisher -- Ellen sources, vets and assembles the teams, budgets, creative producers, and distribution channels to produce and distribute the content and orchestrate its roll-out across all forms of media – books, movies, television, stage productions, and a host of other creative outlets for the story. * promotoer -- Ellen guides PR & marketing efforts in traditional and social media, transmedia engagement with audiences, to maximize the impact of the ideas she's promoting. A TED-related example of Ellen's work is bringing out Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's TED Talk across many media, including a New York Times bestselling book, ballet, documentary, and a full-length feature film that is in development. Ellen has worked in integrative holistic medicine since the 90's. She was on the founding board of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, which became a preeminent and pioneering center at the national forefront of evidence-backed, science-backed Integrative Medicine. Ellen then joined the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine, which educates and board-certifies medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in Integrative Holistic Medicine. She later became a founding board member of the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine. Ellen has also brought out a number of bestselling books in integrative medicine, and worked on developing a scripted television procedural dramatic series featuring integrative, holistic medicine, and she represents many of the nation’s best physicians and licensed practitioners in allied health fields who are transforming healthcare in America to be more patient-centered, preventive and holistic. On the home front, Ellen and Rand have a blended family of eight children, plus two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren. When they are living on land, Ellen and Rand enjoy beekeeping and produce hundreds of pounds of honey each summer. They are also avid sailors sailed 45,000 nautical miles around the world on their sailing catamaran, Golden Glow.

circumnavigating by sailboat, beekeeping, integrative holistic medicine, bringing great stories to the world across all media, my sweetheart, children, friends & family.

Intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets), t

violin (Juiliard-trained)