Elle Ramel

Elle Ramel is the Director at SecondMuse Foundation for GET (Gender Equality in Tech) Chicago, a city-based initiative to advance women in the tech economy. Previously she managed the redevelopment of the Michael Reese Hospital site for Farpoint Development and led strategic partnerships at City Tech Collaborative, the smart city lab of Chicago, and an Economic Policy Associate in Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s office at the City of Chicago.  She has worked on financial issues and economic development, including infrastructure, corporate recruitment, job growth, sustainability, food business, innovation spaces and land use.

She completed her bachelor’s at Yale University, in Urban Studies, and a master’s degree at Cambridge University, in Land Economics/Town Planning.

Elle believes that a systems-approach is necessary to tackle large issues such as inequality or gender parity and uses her experience in public, private and non-profit spaces to build coalitions for collective action.