Ellen Gustafson
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, We the Veterans
2022, 2023, 2024
Ellen Gustafson is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of We the Veterans – a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by veterans and military family members, united for democracy and committed to building a more perfect union. She is the Co-Founder of the Military Family Building Coalition, the first Military Support Organization to address family building challenges for active duty military families, as well as previously co-founding FEED, Food Tank and Co-Directing the Summit Institute. Ellen 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 given four TEDxTalks. Ellen is a proud Navy Spouse and Navy and Coast Guard Granddaughter.
At the Summit
The Eradicate Hate Global Summit brings together scholars, practitioners, civil society organizations, and policymakers from around the world to share best practices and lessons learned, based on data and empirical evidence, in countering hate-fueled extremism and violent narratives. No other summit, conference, or workshop brings together such an extraordinary group of world-class talent focused on dealing with the issue of hate-fueled violent extremism.
