Ellie Carlson

Ellie joined MCE in 2022 as the Operations Manager where she plays a central role in ensuring MCE's operational effectiveness to create a strong foundation for growth and enable MCE to achieve its financial and impact goals.

She grew up in Central California, but has traveled to over 24 countries around the globe. While completing her undergraduate degree, she helped to pilot a study abroad program to Costa Rica where she was also a Microfinance intern for a local faith based nonprofit.

Prior to joining the MCE team, she completed her MBA at ESADE in Barcelona where she focused on sustainability and social impact and completed two internships. First with HUSK, an agriculture social enterprise in Cambodia, where she analyzed trial data to understand the financial and social impacts of HUSK's products. And next as a senior analyst with the management consulting company Afriqinsights, developing internal processes and procedures to strengthen its expert network, and supporting projects with organizations such as the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Bank in Nigeria.