About

Elissa Kelly, Executive Coaching and Consulting

Elissa Kelly is a Coach with over 20 years of corporate leadership experience in Financial Services industry, most recently as the Chief Product Officer at Nationwide E&S/Specialty. Her leadership experience spans a variety of functional areas including Product, Business Development, Finance and Claims at companies including Nationwide, W.R. Berkley and Farmers. In both 2016 and 2020, Elissa was named one of Insurance Business America’s Elite Women, and in 2021, Elissa was named to the Insurance Business Global 100.

With a focus on shifting the diversity of executive leadership workforces to be more reflective of our communities, Elissa focuses her coaching on female, LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx leaders, in addition to coaching leaders who align with this mission.

Elissa has a M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, as well as a B.A. in Business from Arizona State University. She is also a Hudson Institute certified coach and hold the ACC designation from the International Coaching Federation.

Elissa lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and two elementary age children. In her spare time she enjoys playing board games with her family, traveling, reading, hiking and mountain biking.