Ellie brings two decades of experience in strategic communications, digital strategy, coalition management and advocacy communications to Spitfire. She loves to conquer new challenges and enjoys working with clients who are willing to experiment and try new approaches to take on society’s toughest problems. She currently works with the Center for Responsible Lending on its efforts to close the racial wealth gap and with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize team, which honors communities who are addressing structural racism to advance health equity. She also worked closely with several civil rights organizations to protect the 2020 census from disinformation threats. Drawing on that work and academic research, Ellie wrote and designed Spitfire’s Just Truth guide for communicators to combat disinformation. She has trained several groups of graduate students and organizations on Just Truth. Before joining Spitfire, Ellie worked at UnidosUS, where she directed advocacy and voter engagement campaigns with UnidosUS affiliates and the organization’s digital activist network on national campaigns to advance immigration reform, fair housing practices and health care reform. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in biology, Ellie also earned a master’s degree in international development from American University.