Åsa Fanelli

Åsa Fanelli is the Founder and Chief Strategist of IdeaLift Group, a boutique strategic consulting firm specializing in leadership development and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence programs for leaders and teams. Her passion is to support the growth of effective, compassionate leaders and collaborative and engaged teams to increase overall performance and wellbeing in life and at work. She is an experienced facilitator and coach for programs that develop mental and emotional skills to improve stress management, emotional agility, resilience and to prevent burnout. 

Prior to starting IdeaLift Group, Åsa served as CEO and President of the Boston-based nonprofit Horizons for Homeless Children. She started her career with EF Education First in Rome, Italy and later moved to Boston as President of EF High School Exchange Year. While at EF, she also served as head of North American Human Resources and Talent Management, overseeing the global cross-company leadership development program in EF offices worldwide. For many years Åsa also led successful consultancy projects in board governance, board development, and strategic planning for nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts.