Elle Benson is a national nonprofit consultant helping nonprofits transition to greater impact. Benson has worked her entire career with nonprofit organizations and organizational development consulting firms including the Center for Nonprofit Management, LBMC, Alliance for Better Nonprofits, and the YWCA Knoxville / Tennessee Valley. Her experience includes organizational development and change, fundraising, program development, nonprofit marketing, human resources, board governance, and strategic planning.

Benson is an enthusiastic teacher, having taught at the Alliance for Better Nonprofits and University of Tennessee non-credit courses. She engages and energizes audiences from 20 to 200. She has published two books around mindfulness, Cultivate Your Happiness: Mama-to-Be and Cultivating Calmness in Children for early education aged youth. Her 2020 TEDx video A Crash Course in Learning to Laugh has propelled her as a desired keynote speaker.

She holds a certification in board governance from BoardSource, a global network advancing board governance practices and a certificate in group facilitation. She earned her MBA in organizational change and her BA in business.

She serves as the Board President for the Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee and has served with Friends of Literacy, City People, Young Professionals of Knoxville, Knoxville AMA, and countless committees.

Benson loves to explore the city as a new Nashvillian by finding new parks, specialty lattes, and hidden gems. She has a special gift for pairing frozen yogurt toppings and planning over-the-top kids’ birthday parties.