Ellie Brown is the founder of Brown Catalyst Consulting, where she partners with equity- and justice-centered nonprofit organizations to build the infrastructure, strategies, and capacity they need to thrive. With over 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and development, she brings an equity-centered approach to ensure organizational systems support both the mission and values. She has served as an independent consultant, Executive Director, and Development Director, raising more than $8M for organizations focused on gender equity, racial, and economic justice. Her work includes program managing Rhode Island's first Women's Well-Being Index, creating fundraising campaigns and events that have doubled organizational budgets, writing an organization's largest grant at $2.5M, serving on community grant panels for three grant-making organizations, implementing organizational development tools including systems audits and CRM implementation, and leading strategic planning that resulted in capacity building and program creation and management. In her first career, Ellie worked for 17 years as a photographer and teaching artist, exhibiting internationally and teaching at institutions including Ithaca College, Temple University, Moore College of Art, University of the Arts, Rowan University, Kutztown University, and University of Ulsan in South Korea, a background that brings a creative problem-solving approach to every consulting engagement.