Denise Elson

About

Denise Elson is the Associate Director of Institutional Programming at the Hoover Institution.

Elson has been a dynamic member of the Hoover Institution’s management team since 2001. Currently overseeing institutional programming, she is responsible for implementing and managing institutional research priorities that are aligned with Hoover’s mission. To accomplish this objective, Elson manages critical partnerships between the Hoover fellowship and its functional departments, especially communications and development, as well as the larger Stanford community.

Before coming to Hoover, Elson was vice president of operations and a founding member of the senior management team at Starwire Corporation where she managed client and professional service departments, human resources, facilities, board relations, and corporate administration. Elson was the director of university events at Pepperdine University where she was part of the university’s successful “Challenged to Lead” capital campaign, raising $313 million.

Elson has a BA in business administration and marketing from American University and completed graduate coursework in business administration from Pepperdine University.