Andrea Ellis Director Andrea Ellis is a director of strategic initiatives in Impact and Strategy for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she orchestrates and coordinates high-level operational, financial, planning, and strategic areas of the Impact and Strategy team, acting as an integration manager for internal and external program-related activity. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ellis was principal creative strategist, at Walkabout Woman Enterprises where she worked as project lead for the Kansas City Royals Literacy League and the Kansas City STEM Alliance’s ecosystem initiative STEM Connect KC. She received her Bachelor of Science, Marketing, from Rockhurst University and her Master of Media Ecology from New York University Steinhardt School of Education.