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Sarah Elliott Highlight
Be open to exploring. Notice what lights you up and what gives you energy and what does not. Craft your career as you go.
About Sarah
- Both my dad and sister are engineers, so I went into college to pursue engineering—I hated all of my engineering classes and eventually switched my major to accounting.
- I graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, then worked to get my CPA license.
- I worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for about ten years before leaving to join a smaller accounting firm called PMB Helin Donovan, where I eventually became a partner.
- While volunteering with the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), I realized there was a strong need for leadership development in this field and felt like that was my calling.
- During my second year as a partner, I decided to leave the firm and essentially start over—I went back to school for a year for executive and professional coaching.
- When I left the firm, I was pregnant, so I had to juggle this huge business risk of starting my own company while navigating life as a new parent.
- I co-founded a leadership coaching company where I get to do what I love and help people through one-to-one coaching, group learning, and leadership program design.
- I also founded the Ellivate Alliance, where women can come together and support other women who are starting businesses.