About Elise

Raised in Encinitas, CA, Elise is an innovation and business strategist with expertise in creating strong brands across physical and digital sectors. With her understanding of systems design and a human-centered design approach, she's known for innovation and customer experience strategy. 

She focuses on building authentic value in the wellness, arts and cultural industries. With a strong passion for impact, she led a design-for-change brand and web agency in Seattle for 4 years, as the principal account and operations lead. Outside of the agency, she simultaneously was active in Seattle’s community growth. She initiated personal projects which include a leading feminism group, curating art shows, advising on festivals, and even started a political action committee to support female elected senators’ national funding.

She now spends her time between Lisbon, Portugal, and San Diego, California. Interested in shifting perceptions and building global markets, she has advised the Portuguese government on an innovation lab and a cultural institution, in addition to other European clients like VANS, LEI and a wellness retreat project.

From 2020 to 2022 she's been a founder/CEO focusing on making alternative care more accessible and launched a digital holistic care product where she curated lessons from expert global teachers, called  iamone.co. 

With an ability to create and the tools and experience to bring ideas to life, she’s here to help on projects that will positively impact the world and excite her.

View Professional CV on Elise’s LinkedIn