
Massachusetts
Ellen Nelson van Bever
Board member, National Communications team member and Digital Engagement team member
Ellen has held a variety of leadership roles in higher education administration at Dartmouth College and Georgetown University. Her most recent position was as Director of Special Programs in the Office of the Provost at Georgetown. She has served on the boards of the Perry School Community Services Center in Washington, DC and the Giving Circle in Alexandria, VA. In addition to her work with Mothers Out Front, Ellen coordinates a food security program for her children’s school. Ellen graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and has an MA from Boston College. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she has made her home on the East Coast since 1987. She lives in Cambridge, MA and Brooklin, ME with her husband Derek and their three children, Grace, Owen and Graham.