Elise Joy

Elise turned a project she started with her young daughters into her Act 2. She is the executive director of Girls Helping Girls. Period. and also the creator of the educational curriculum used in GHGP’s workshops. 

Prior to becoming a staff member with GHGP Elise was a television journalist who produced everything from the evening news in New York for NBC to documentaries on social issues including food waste, human trafficking, and child welfare. She is best known for the hit series “Lockup” on MSNBC, which examines the US incarceration system. 

Elise has worked in several schools as a substitute teacher and she has a long history of volunteer/community service. She spent a decade as a youth softball coach, worked in administration at a large food pantry, and served as President of the Board of Trustees of her family’s synagogue.

She loves to fail at gardening with her husband, knit the occasional sweater, and binge college softball in the spring.