Eleanor Allen has a distinctive background that spans multiple high-level roles in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Her expertise is primarily rooted in her experience as a CEO, business leader, and board member. Furthermore, she is also recognized for her technical prowess as a professional engineer and a management consultant. Allen's multifaceted career has equipped her with a unique perspective on leadership and team dynamics, enabling her to create transformational business plans and effective global growth strategies. Allen currently serves as the founder and CEO of Catapult For Change, a business consulting service that provides executive coaching, business transformation consulting, and strategic planning services to CEOs and executives, leadership teams, and companies.
Allen's work extends beyond traditional business functions. She is deeply committed to fostering well-being and purpose within organizational cultures. This commitment is reflected in her approach to building high-performing teams, where she emphasizes resilience and self-awareness. This method of management and leadership, grounded in well-being, has proven effective in her track record of achieving successful outcomes. In addition to her work at Catapult For Change, Allen also serves as a principal at ExecHQ, a company that supports organizations regardless of size, organizational structure, for-profit, non-profit, private-equity owned, etc., and explores causes for issues and problems as well as helping them get to the next level.
Prior to her work at Catapult For Change and ExecHQ, Allen served as the CEO of Water For People, where she worked to support millions of people in accessing the services needed to stay healthy, find jobs, and thrive. A global nonprofit working in Africa, Latin America, and India, Water For People helps develop sustainable water and sanitation services for millions of people. Water For People is recognized as an innovative leader through its innovative impact model called Everyone Forever.
Allen is a registered Professional Engineer, Board Certified Environmental Engineer, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She is a board member at Parametrix and Freese and Nichols, a TEDx speaker, a Schwab Awardee For Social Entrepreneurship, a Denver Outstanding Women in Business award winner, a Water Environment Federation Fellow, and a distinguished alumna at the University of California at Berkeley. She also serves on the Advisory Board at the University of Colorado - Mortenson Center in Global Engineering. Allen enjoys leading multicultural, global teams and has a passion for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. She speaks four languages and has lived and worked all over the world.
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