CEO & Founder, LeadQuine

Ellen Patnaude has always been fascinated by how a person’s nature and nurture combined causes them to interact with the people around them. She is a Detroit native, and graduated from Alma College with a BA in Biology & French. She thought she wanted to be Jacque Cousteau, but her first few science-based jobs pointed clearly towards working with people. She worked for several years as a community organizer in Indiana and Ohio. Returning to Michigan in 2005, her reputation followed her for challenging people to see and be a better version of themselves, and the phone started ringing. Since then, Ellen has built an internationally recognized company supporting individuals and teams in becoming everyone’s favorite leaders.

Ellen is a credentialed PCC-level Executive Coach (from the International Coach Federation, ICF), and certified in multiple assessment tools, including the AcuMax Index® hard-wiring assessment, MRG’s Leadership Effectiveness Analysis LEA360®, Genos International’s Emotional Intelligence toolkit, and Equine-Guided Learning practices from Innovative Horizons.