Ellen Feeney

Ellen Feeney has served both corporations and non-profit organizations in marketing, PR, employee relations, investor relations and financial development. Ellen has long been driven by a passion for corporate social responsibility (CSR), and an enduring faith in the power of business to change the world for the better. To that end, she is a great believer in mutually beneficial partnerships between businesses and non-profits.

Having experienced first-hand many successes in the realm of cause-related marketing, Ellen believes that aligning business and NGO’s under a common umbrella is a powerful tool both  affect social change and to build brand equity.   Ellen served on the BSR (Business for Social Responsibility) Colorado Network board beginning in 1996, and was a founding member of P3 Colorado (People, Planet, Profit) in 2000.

In her current role as Vice-President of Responsible Livelihood for WhiteWave Foods, Ellen oversees the organization’s corporate sustainability program. Her responsibilities include environmental initiatives, community involvement efforts, non-profit alliances and VIA, WhiteWave’s values-in-action program to promote employee volunteerism.

For more information on Ellen, please visit www.WhiteWave.com