Elan has spent the last 15 years organizing and delivering empowerment programs for youth, including leadership academies, poetry and theater festivals, youth film productions, and personal development coaching and instruction. In his current role he serves as the U.S. Director of the YES! for Schools program, where he has spent the last 6 years overseeing the creation of sustainable and scalable programming to support long term school climate shift in programs across the country.
In previous work as a filmmaker, Elan produced documentaries for educational purposes, and as a theater director/performer, he created pieces for youth in the US and internationally.
Elan has presented on the power of meditation for individual, school, and community transformation at conferences such as Learning and the Brain, NY State Conference for School Superintendents, and Mindful Life, the Association for Recovery Schools Conference and International Bullying Prevention Conference.
The intersection of all of Elan’s work is alleviating stress and violence in the lives of youth and communities in need. Elan graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Art Semiotics from Brown University.
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Executive US Director of the YES! for Schools program| Theater Director/performer