Ellen Patterson has spent her career at the intersection of education, technology, and social impact and currently serves as the President and General Manager, EVERFI from Blackbaud. Since 2012, she has served in various executive leadership positions at EVERFI including as Chief Revenue and Partnership Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Impact Officer. Throughout her tenure at EVERFI, Ellen has been instrumental in architecting the underpinnings of growth, scale, and transformation through many of the company’s most critical moments. Ellen began her career teaching and counseling youth in K-12 schools across underserved areas in the Gulf Coast, Boston, and San Francisco. She also brings more than two decades of business development experience and operational excellence in consumer technology. She spent four years in Silicon Valley at both a digital media startup and AOL (now part of Verizon) where she held P&L responsibility and incubated consumer products as they took their online form – photos, video, retail, and app stores – shaping how we socialize, share, shop, and engage today. Ellen is an active community member of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, serving as an inaugural Ambassador and is a Founding member of the Fortune Impact Initiative. Ellen has been recognized for her leadership and innovation, including as Washingtonian Magazine's "Tech Titan" in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and a Washington Life "Innovator and Disruptor" in 2021. Ellen serves on the Community Advisory Board for Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.