Elena Conde

Elena is passionate about using local government, community organizing, and philanthropy to build cities where all can thrive. Before coming to Princeton, Elena worked at the New York City Council, where she worked with 18 Council Members in the Progressive Caucus to align on their legislative and budget priorities. Particularly, she helped lead a $2.5B campaign for affordable housing in NYC. She also worked in community organizing at Make the Road New York, where she supported low-income New Yorkers of color to know their rights and fight for more funding for education. She began her career in strategy consulting, where she worked with groups like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, grassroots nonprofits, and local government agencies build their strategic plans so that their portfolios could be community-oriented, impactful, and shift power to grantees. Elena has a degree in economics from Yale University. Elena is originally from New York City and Chile, and still believes New York City is the best city in the world.