Ellen is an independent consultant and trainer with over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, specifically with nonprofits in the anti-violence against women field. Most recently, she has served as the Nonprofit Sustainability Technical Assistance Specialist for the National Resource Sharing Project (RSP) at the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (IowaCASA), where she was responsible for developing and providing training and technical assistance on nonprofit sustainability issues to OVW grantees across the nation and US territories. She has worked in violence against women movement (and nonprofit sector) since 1985 as a Director, Manager, Coordinator, Board member, and Advocate. Prior to joining IowaCASA, she worked as the Associate Director at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) for over 13 years and held other management positions at the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA), Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV), Lutheran Social Services of Southern California, Sacramento Rape Crisis Center, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center (now Empower Yolo), Lutheran Social Services of Northern California and WEAVE. She was the former President and a founding Board Member at My Sister’s House, a culturally and linguistically appropriate domestic violence and sexual violence program serving the Asian Pacific Islander communities in Sacramento, California.