Elena Vitale

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Biography

Ms. Elena Vitale is the Founder of Wearessential. Ms. Vitale was a Co-Founder and served as Director at AME Ventures. She has recently started a small social venture division, A.M.E Social Ventures. Elena began her career as a management consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton in Italy and later worked as a start-up manager for a venture capital fund and several new ventures. She recently founded Wearessential and Yogaessential, an innovative multi-wear Italian apparel online company. She is an active giury member of the Italian Global Social Venture Competition and of the Intesa San Paolo Start-Up Initiative and collaborates with Altis (Alta Scuola Impresa e Società in Milan) on social entrepreneurship formation and training. She also supports several NGO's including LILT (Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro I Tumori), OXFAM, and Save the Children. Elena holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia Univerisity in New York, executive certification in Corporate Social Responsibility from Altis - Università Cattolica in Milan.