About Us
Scholar, Practitioner, Storyteller, Systems Thinker
Stephanie Elie-Martin, PhD
Founder, CEO
- PhD in Leadership Studies
- 20+ years leadership experience
- Higher education + operations background
- Research focus on collective leadership, engagement, stakeholder alignment, and storytelling
- My Mission: make research relatable through storytelling.
The Team
Our team has decades of organizational leadership experience and the academic foundation to give it meaning.
Testimonials
"Stephanie approaches her work with passion and benevolence. She made our school district feel special, and her belief in us helped us not only survive but thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephanie's expertise in storytelling is off the chart! She helped us commit to and communicate a story that continues to inspire our students, staff, families, and community to unite, persevere, and Rise As One! Stephanie will unlock gifts in you as a leader you did not even know existed!" - Dr. Ken Russell
"I have been working with CPG for the past few months and the experience has been a wonderful one. The principal, Stephanie Ellie Martin, is a gifted and visionary person whose group facilitation skills are exceptional. My own experience in this are is extensive as a longtime member of WSU Extension (25 years). I wish I could have worked with Stephanie during that whole time. I know true talent in this area, and she is the "real deal" for certain."
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Regents Professor Emeritus
Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Political Science
School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Washington State University
"From the first experience working with Stephanie of SE Consulting NW, you know that you have a consultant who is extremely knowledgeable and experienced, yet has the listening skills, curiosity, and interest that allows understanding of what the client wants to achieve. Stephanie listens, then cultivates and gains the client's trust at all levels of the organization. She always delivers on objectives.
I have a strong appreciation for Stephanie's use of storytelling to accomplish goals of the project, an approach that I was once skeptical of until I saw that storytelling is the best technique to use when it's employed as skillfully as she does. Stephanie's approach is key to changing your culture, and culture change is key to how your organization will become one where people feel that they belong, that they are treated with respect and dignity, and where they can make their maximum contribution for everyone's benefit.
I'm completely sold, and looking for ways to continue to work with SE Consulting NW when our current project completes -- she's that good." - Jeanne Crevier