Ellen Shaffer serves as Executive Administrator for the Interactivity Foundation. She provides vital administrative communications, and project coordination support to enhance organizational efficiency, strengthen stakeholder collaboration, and advance IF’s strategic priorities.
Prior to joining IF, Ellen served on faculty in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University and as an adjunct instructor at Ithaca College. Her work in higher education focused on preparing future educators, creating statewide continuing education programs, and administering federal grants to schools and communities across the State of North Carolina.
Ellen’s background also spans public health and community-building. Working with Northern New Jersey health departments, she collaborated with medical and public health professionals on pandemic preparedness and community health programming/screenings. Demonstrating a long-standing commitment to nonprofit leadership, she has also spent over a decade as a La Leche League leader in Kansas and Delaware, supporting new parents and building welcoming community spaces.
She holds a BA in Communications and Health Science from SUNY Oswego and an MAT in Health Education from East Carolina University.
Outside of her work with IF, Ellen enjoys genealogy research, travel, multisport racing, gardening, all things Ireland, and life with her family.
