Your ThinkingPartners are Ana Sanjuan
and Elena Erber.
We are passionate about the type of social change that begins with self and are dedicated to sharing our talents with socially conscious ventures that help change the world.
As a partnership, we leverage decades of combined experience working with clients from a variety of areas, and with a specialty in the field of life-long learning — academic, personal development, health, and spirituality.
Ana Sanjuan
Ana Sanjuan is a business consultant who works with innovative and cause-driven organizations and individuals. Ana has helped leaders build successful businesses by merging smart business strategy, program development, and progressive leadership.
Her private clients include solo entrepreneurs, business owners, retreat centers, universities, and small businesses. She is a specialist in curriculum design and has built profit-driven training programs and products for organizations and individuals.
Today she is excited to share a passionate partnership with Seven Seven Stones Leadership Group, a Boston based consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations thrive by applying a mindset of sufficiency and sustainability.
In recent years Ane served as the Director of Programming and Production at The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY. This role allowed her to bridge her expertise in adult education and business with her passion in holistic studies. Ana directed two departments in the design and production of 350 workshops, trainings, retreats and conferences annually. She also served on the Executive Team of Omega, involved in all strategic and marketing opportunities for the growth of the multi-million dollar business.
Ana also founded, designed and directed an award winning lifelong public humanities program, which connected intellectually curious adults with renowned scholars, artists, and business leaders. She wrote the business plan and led marketing, administration, client services, and product design.
Ana has a Masters degree in Business with an emphasis in Organizational Development and Leadership. She is trained as an Executive Coach and has been business coaching since 1998.
Elena Erber
A 35-year veteran of the marketing and communication field, Elena Erber has a reputation for thinking out-of-the-box. This perspective, coupled with her skill as a designer, communicator, and organizer, has made her an integral member of many successful teams. She is known for her ability to bridge great design and aesthetics with innovative business strategy. Working primarily for nonprofit organizations, her passion for improving the world has had many opportunities to flourish.
Her entrepreneurial spirit has fueled her engagement in institutional positions as well as during times of self-employment. Her enthusiastic and open-hearted approach to the collaborative process has endeared her to a wide range of clients and colleagues ensuring a positive and fulfilling journey to a common goal.
Until recently Elena held the position of creative director at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She has held similar positions at the Omega Institute, and Bard College. Currently she is working on branding with the EILEEN FISHER Community Foundation in addition to developing communtiy programming for them.
Elena's work life is complimented and sometimes integrated with her other activities and roles which include being a wife, mother, friend, designer, fiber artist, musician, entrepreneur, educator, volunteer, and gardener. She lives in Red Hook, New York with her artist-husband Bernard Greenwald.