Ellie Shefi is an attorney, advisor, innovator, strategist, leadership consultant, corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and best-selling and award-winning author who helps organizations optimize their culture and individuals expand their influence.

As the founder of MTC Consulting, Ellie leverages her more than 30 years of experience in law, business, education, and advocacy to help organizations build resilient teams and world-class cultures while developing influential leaders. Serving as a strategic advisor to governments, universities, corporations, entrepreneurs, and NGOs, she successfully helps organizations mitigate their risk, optimize their operations, and align their teams.

An 8x #1 international best-selling author, Quilly award recipient, and member of the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors, Ellie is dedicated to empowering others to use their voice. She founded Made to Change the World™ Publishing, a full-service independent publishing house, where she guides aspiring best-selling authors through the writing and publishing process and helps leaders amplify their message so they can scale their impact.

Known for her engaging presence, Ellie is a sought-after speaker addressing audiences globally. She is regularly interviewed in top publications and on podcasts and media channels like Forbes, Entrepreneur, USA Today, NBC, ABC, and CBS, amongst others, and she hosts the Free by Design™ television show, the Creating an Impervious Mind® YouTube series, and the You Are Not Your Scars® podcast.

An outspoken advocate fighting against injustice, Ellie is proud to serve on the leadership councils and advisory boards of nonprofits focused on civil rights, human rights, criminal justice reform, disaster recovery, fighting human trafficking, and ending mass atrocities.

Ellie is also passionate about empowering the next generation with the tools, resources, and strategies they need to create the lives, communities, and world they envision.

The recipient of numerous social impact awards and recognized as the Discrimination and Human Rights Lawyer of the Year, one of the Most Admired Women Leaders in Business, one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Follow, one of the Most Inspiring Business Women of the Year, one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs Changing the Game, one of the Most Influential Women Leaders to Watch, and a 50 under 50, Ellie has dedicated her life to giving a voice to the voiceless, speaking out against injustice, and advocating for change. She has spent decades cultivating her unique expertise that she now shares with her clients to create well-rounded organizations and “force for good” businesses that best serve their wider communities.