
Ellen Leikind
Ellen Leikind is an entrepreneur, corporate innovator, keynote speaker, and author who founded PokerDivas in 2006. With a background as a senior marketing executive at Fortune 500 companies like Pfizer and L’Oréal, she launched over a billion dollars in health and beauty products. Ellen holds an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University and a Diversity & Inclusion certificate from Cornell.
Through PokerDivas, Ellen empowers professionals—especially women—to enhance leadership, negotiation, and communication skills using poker strategies. Her book, Poker Woman: How to Win at Love, Life, and Business Using the Principles of Poker, explores how poker tactics can be applied to business and personal success.
Ellen's work has been featured in CNBC, Forbes, and Parade, and she offers programs and keynotes that help individuals play to win in both business and life.