Linda (Elle) Yaven

Elle is Founder, Executive Coach at EllevateYou, a coach agency offering diverse talent within team cultures a high touch communication system advancing connection & mission.

Clients include Apple, Pixar, Google, World Bank, de Young Museum, Strong Brew, Tomorrow Partners, Gensler, Oru Kayak, Full Circle Fund, Nature Conservancy, Tipping Point Community, Cisco, Fjord, Blackboard, OKCOIN, Singularity University, Propelland, Teall Capital and Linked-In.

Elle is Associate Professor, MBA Design Strategy, California College of the Arts, teaching co-creative leadership.

Some days you can find her coaching music bands on team dynamics in business.

Elle provides Master Classes on her original method, including at IDEO, Stanford University, African & African American Studies, Google, OKCOIN, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Blackboard, Propelland, Teall Sports & Entertainment, Kreatives GmbH and Harvard.

Elle has served as Advisor/Documenter for The Making Learning Visible Institute at Harvard & consulted to the Education Branch of the Department of Defense on "Meaningful Critique".

With a background as a painter, her system utilizes a simple premise: one size doesn't fit all.