Ellen Gustafson is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of We the Veterans & Military Families, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that empowers the veteran and military family community to showcase patriotic citizenship and strengthen American institutions. Through We the Veterans, she is the organizer of the Vet the Vote Coalition. She is also the Co-Founder of the Military Family Building Coalition, the first nonprofit supporting active duty military in building their families.
Gustafson previously co-founded FEED and Food Tank. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, the United Nations World Food Program, and ABC News. She is the author of “We the Eaters: If We Change Dinner, We Can Change the World,” has been a Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur, and has given four TEDxTalks. She is a mom of three, a Navy Spouse, and a Navy and Coast Guard granddaughter, and lives in Virginia.
Declare Talks with one of its newest contributors, the Executive Director of We the Veterans, about making big splashes to recruit poll workers and the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision.
