Ellen is passionate about empowering people to activate the true potential within their hearts and their communities, she is dedicated to creating a space for deep and transformative healing through self-inquiry and authentic connection.  

With a deep reverence for the natural world and a profound understanding of holistic wellbeing, her approach is one of experiential immersion, fortifying the bridge between academic knowledge and felt experience, and activating that understanding through program design and culture building. 

Through her work over the last two decades with the Watershed Association,  Ellen has woven a tapestry that intertwines an understanding of systems thinking and the practical necessities of running a successful organization with the profound potential for growth and healing that lies at the heart of working together with deep purpose for a collective mission. Ellen is continually inspired by the incredible potential of the human spirit and the transformative power of our connection to Nature.