After the military, I worked to develop expertise in Employee Relations, Leadership Development, and Executive Coaching. Over the last 25 years, I am grateful to have acquired robust leadership experience that also benefited from my personal interests: Applied Neuroscience, Compassion Cultivation, Nonviolent Communication, and Emotional Intelligence.
The more I learned about Neuroscience, the more I appreciated that understanding how the brain works is of little value unless we also build the ‘muscles’ that enable us to intentionally direct our attention and make skillful choices. This realization led me to the world of mindfulness and deliberate practice. It is through these practices that I strengthen the above-referenced ‘muscles.’
I completed my certificate in Brain-Based Coaching through the NeuroLeadership Institute, where I also completed a robust program on the Foundations of NeuroLeadership, with distinction. Neuroleadership turns a very complex field into simple and effective methods that help align our actions to our intentions. I earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Rochester, and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Troy State University. Most recently, I graduated from the intensive Applied Compassion Training program at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE.)
"Elena’s coaching does several things for me. She calls me out when I start to rationalize or justify things. She teaches and guides me. And at the end of the day, she is my biggest cheer-leader, encouraging me to be my very best self—the one she knows I can be."
Patricia Fisher, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Ocean University Medical Center, NJ
