Elinor Zegelbone:
CLASS OF 1971
Grady High SchoolClass of 1971
Atlanta, GA
Elinor's Story
After 28 years at Tupperware Brands HQ in Orlando, FL, I retired from my role as VP Global Communications, Public Relations and Women's Initiatives. My husband, Chuck Zegelbone, and I moved to Charlottesville, VA where I now consult as Senior Advisor to the Rick & Susan Goings Foundation and serve as board member for the World Federation of Youth Clubs.
In 2011, I joined Rick Goings at the request of the Department of Defense on a special assignment in Baghdad to assist Iraqi businesswomen in creating sustainable business opportunities. With this goal in mind, they developed The Global Links Initiative, created to inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs in developing countries by empowering women through education and entrepreneurship.
Established as a public-private partnership with Rollins College and the U.S. Department of State, an Iraqi female business professor was sponsored as the inaugural Global Links Scholar. In 2012, Global Links, the one-year “train-the-trainer” model program w...Expand for more
as successfully launched. Since then, the Global Links initiative expanded to India and Brazil.
Steele fostered relationships with UN Women, US Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, and the World Economic Forum’s Gender Parity Initiative resulting in her being regarded as a thought leader on the global advancement of women.
Steele received recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Business in Orlando, Florida; by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for National Service to Youth for 20 years of service; named among the Women Who Mean Business by the Orlando Business Journal; and i4 Business Magazine’s “Women’s Inspired Leadership Awards” with the Spirit of Mentorship.
She is a former member of the Board of the National Woman’s Party and is a member of the Board of Directors for the World Federation of Youth Clubs.
Elinor earned her MBA (’01) at Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business.
Today, she and her husband, Charles Zegelbone, reside in Charlottesville, VA.
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