Elise Balliro, based in Dallas, is a consultant at Egon Zehnder’s Services Practice Group. She works across the services and real estate sectors, with a focus on CHRO search and leadership advisory. With a “one team” mindset and with integrity and care, she helps organizations and individuals to grow through leadership transformation.
People challenges are among the toughest challenges that leaders face. The right support at the right moment can be transformative for individuals and for organizations.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Elise served as Chief People Officer at The Amherst Group, where she helped lead through a period of significant growth and change. Prior to that, she led the people function at Crow Holdings, where she led efforts to establish HR as trusted advisors to the broader organization. Earlier in her career, she was a management consultant at Bain & Company, working across industries including technology, private equity, and industrials and serving on the Bain Academy team with a focus on client capability building. She began her career as an admissions officer at Harvard College.
Elise holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature with high honors from Harvard College, a Master’s in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Outside of work, Elise is passionate about expanding access to education. She enjoys spending time with her husband and three boys, running, making ice cream, and volunteering at her church and her children’s schools.
