Elena Conte

ERN (2010)

independent consultant

Brooklyn, New York

Personal pronouns: She, her, hers

Values-driven and down-to-earth leader with two decades of intensive collaboration with communities of color, co-designing campaigns, research, and urban policy recommendations resulting in significant housing and transportation justice victories at the city and state levels.

Politically attuned, strategic thinker with deep experience exploring the power and limitations of transforming the built environment to achieve social change. Talented at seeing intersections among issues and forging well-aligned partnerships. Exceptional at supporting teams to tackle immediate project challenges without losing focus on the big picture of context and impact. Skilled and joyful facilitator.

Committed to building collective power by strengthening the personal leadership and awareness practices of movement actors. Established non-profit leader with success in organizational, program, and staff development, personnel management, budgeting, fundraising, and communications.