Ellen McGirt

Ellen McGirt is an author, podcaster, speaker, community builder, and award-winning business journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of Design Observer, a media company that has maintained the same clear vision for more than two decades: to expand the definition of design in service of a better world. Ellen established the inclusive leadership beat at Fortune in 2016 with raceAhead, an award-winning newsletter on race, culture, and business. The Fortune, Time, Money, and Fast Company alumna has published over twenty magazine cover stories throughout her twenty-year career, exploring the people and ideas changing business for good. Ask her about fly fishing if you get the chance.

Why we enjoy Ellen: Ellen’s honest effort to take on difficult topics that are relevant to leaders of all kinds are praiseworthy. We admire her gumption and persistence to tell challenging and compelling stories in a world that needs to hear them.

You can find out more about Ellen here: https://designobserver.com/profile.php?id=32688