Ellen Leikind is an expert in understanding the dynamics of women in business. She has an extensive career span in marketing, working for the Fortune 500 in escalating Marketing positions at companies such as Pfizer and L’Oréal as well as leading companies in the Direct Response infomercial industry.

In 2005, Ellen founded POKERprimaDIVAS, a company that provides corporate teambuilding and leadership programs which empower professionals to become fearless and decisive at the conference table through the skills they acquire at the poker table. Ellen is the author of POKERWOMAN: How to Win at Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of Poker. She has written on gender issues in business for Parade.com and has been featured on CNBC, Forbes,com, Newsday, and Success magazine.

Ellen has an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University, is a native New Yorker, and avid animal lover.