Ellen Wingard

Activist, Business mentor, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Global soul, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor

Ellen Wingard is a leadership consultant who partners with the private and public sector to develop global business leaders committed to social change. Recognized as an early innovator in the field of executive coaching, Wingard brings 27 years of experience working with leaders dedicated to achieve socially responsible business results, promote personal renewal, and build inclusive cultures. A partial list of clients includes: Citizens Bank, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Diageo, Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, KPMG, MIT, Morgan Stanley, NEH, New York Times, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, UN World Food Programme, Visa, Wells Fargo and WSP Global. Wingard is a senior faculty member of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, Redwood City, California and a former member of the Harvard Kennedy School Women's Leadership Board. Board positions include:World Pulse Media (www.worldpulse.com), Alliance for the Earth (www.earthtreasurevaseproject.org) and the Leadership Impact Center, a Washington DC based mentoring program for public sectors emerging leaders. . She has been a featured speaker with NPR, Marketplace, Committee of 200, Babson Women in Leadership Series, and Fletcher School International Business Program. Wingard is the co-editor with Lin Coughlin of Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership.

World Pulse magazine and Pulsewire. Nic Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn wrote in Half the Sky "what you can do in the next 10 minutes for women around the world-sign up to World Pulse".

Peace-building through community ritual. (www.earthtreasurvase.org)

Cross Cultural Intelligence, Global Womens Leadership, Intergenerational Mentoring, Intersectionality of Gender & Ethnicity, Mindful Brain Research, Needs Based Conflict Resolution, Peacebuidling, Socially Responsible Business