Dr. Elana Needle, Racial Equity Strategy and Organizational Development

Dr. Elana Needle is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Needle Strategies LLC. Elana formed Needle Strategies after serving as the Racial Equity Anchor Collaboration Director at UnidosUS where she brought nine nationally preeminent racial justice organizations together to move the needle on racial equity in the US. Previously, she worked in the leadership development field, at a childhood obesity intervention and addressing various women’s issues. Elana received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Tufts University, and her doctorate from Stony Brook University. Dr. Needle’s dissertation applied a social determinants of health theoretical model to childhood obesity. Depending on the season, Elana can be found running, reading, snowboarding, going to concerts, or traveling.