Ellen Fondiler is a successful entrepreneur, strategist, writer, fundraiser, and educator who is well-known for her ability to create positive social change. Fondiler began her career as an attorney specializing in death penalty appeals where she developed the skills to tell persuasive stories that shift hearts and minds, and work in an emotional, fast-paced, and high-stakes environment. Since then, she has reinvented her career many times over and has achieved significant accomplishments, including launching and selling businesses, launching award-winning educational programs, and launching her kids into the world.

As a Career and Business Strategist, Fondiler helps people of all ages, whether recent college graduates or empty-nesters contemplating their next move, to land their next job, build and grow their business, and get big projects in motion. Her guiding belief is that "every door can be unlocked" with the right attitude and strategy, and she is passionate about helping her clients find meaningful, exciting work.

Fondiler is a graduate of Cornell University, where she studied Psychology and Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University, where she earned her JD in Law. In addition to her role as a Career Strategist at Ellen Fondiler - Career Strategist, she has also served in leadership roles, including Co-Founder and Executive Director at MEarth at the Hilton Bialek Habitat, Certified Master Gardener at California Master Gardener Program, General Partner at Annabelle Ellen Garden and Floral Design, Executive Director at River School Children's Garden, and Founder and General Partner at Monterey Baking Company. Furthermore, she has used her writing talents at Corporation for Public Broadcasting-KCTS Seattle and worked as an Appellate Attorney for a private legal practice and as Staff Attorney in the Office of the State Public Defender.