Ellie Shefi

Made to Change the World™ Inc. & MTC Consulting - Discrimination & Human Rights

Profile

Ellie Shefi is an attorney, advisor, leadership consultant, corporate trainer, keynote speaker, #1 international best-selling and award-winning author, media host, and publisher who helps organisations optimise their culture and individuals expand their influence.

With over 30 years of experience in law, business, education, and impassioned human, civil, and constitutional rights advocacy, Ellie has dedicated her life to creating impact through the empowerment of others.

As the founder of MTC Consulting, Ellie leverages her unique expertise to help organisations build resilient teams and world-class cultures while developing influential leaders. Serving as a strategic advisor to governments, universities, corporations, entrepreneurs, and NGOs, she has successfully helped organisations mitigate risk, optimise their operations, and align their teams.

Dedicated to empowering others to use their voice, Ellie 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.
Additionally, Ellie hosts the Free by Design™ television show, You Are Not Your Scars® podcast, and Creating an Impervious Mind® expert YouTube series. She is regularly interviewed in publications and on others’ podcasts and television shows, including NBC, ABC, CBS, the New York Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo News, the LA Tribune, and TED Ed, to name a few.

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.

Having overcome a lifetime of adversity, including domestic violence, homelessness, and cancer, Ellie has used her experiences to fuel her determination to drive change. From teenage mall employee to trusted advisor to governments, universities, corporations, and NGOs to becoming a member of the United States Supreme Court bar, Ellie has spent decades cultivating the expertise in law, business, education, and advocacy that she now shares with her clients.