Brian Elliot

Elliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his first grant at the age of 13 to start a program called the Achievement Forest.{{Cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04EA6339DFCB5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004439/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04EA6339DFCB5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }} He later gained national recognition for starting a program in high school called DeafLink, which connected hearing high school students with deaf middle schoolers.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19990328&id=tKEiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=laoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4389,8441740|title = The Item - Google News Archive Search}}

Elliot received his B.A. in public policy at Stanford University, where he continued helping build and lead social ventures. He was the student co-founder of Camp Kesem, a free college student run summer camp for children whose parents have or had cancer.{{cite web| url = http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/15632/hillel-students-to-open-camp-for-kids-of-cancer-patients/| title = Hillel students to open camp for kids of cancer patients – J.| date = 11 May 2001}} He became a founding board member of Camp Kesem National, which replicated the Camp Kesem model at over 40 colleges and universities across the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://campkesem.org/find-a-camp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-date=2013-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603111518/http://campkesem.org/find-a-camp |url-status=dead }}

Elliot began his career in management consulting and then received his M.B.A and M.P.A from Harvard University where he was both a Zuckerman Fellowhttp://www.centerforpublicleadership.org/ZuckermanFellowship/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=541&Itemid=254 {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and a George Fellow.

In 2009, he started Friendfactor, an LGBT rights nonprofit that helps straight supporters become visible, vocal, and active allies in their communities. Friendfactor created and launched an innovative online advocacy tool that engaged thousands of New Yorkers to contact their state representatives in support of their gay friends’ equal rights. Chelsea Clinton launched the online tool at an event in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/chelsea_clinton_i_want_my_kids.html|title = Chelsea Clinton: I Want My Kids to Grow up with Marriage Equality}}

Elliot’s work to start Friendfactor was named one of the Top 10 Inspiring Acts of 2010 by Yahoo! News.{{Cite web |url=http://2010.yearinreview.yahoo.com/2010/us_inspiring_acts/#6friendfactor |title=Yahoo! 2010 Year in Review - Inspiring Acts |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623185634/http://2010.yearinreview.yahoo.com/2010/us_inspiring_acts/#6friendfactor |archive-date=2013-06-23 |url-status=dead }} He was also named a 30 under 30 Civic Leader by Splashlife,{{cite web |url=http://www.splashlife.com/article/30-under-30-civic-leaders?page%3D4 |title=30 Under 30: Civic Leaders | Splashlife |access-date=2013-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008081712/http://www.splashlife.com/article/30-under-30-civic-leaders?page=4 |archive-date=2012-10-08 }} a 36 Under 36 Leader by the Jewish Week,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/special_sections/36_under_36_2011_new_re_engineers/brian_elliot_30|title = Brian Elliot, 30}} and he was a recipient of the SXSW Dewey Winburne Community Service Award in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://sxsw.com/interactive/awards/dewey-awards/archive|title = SXSW Community Service Awards | SXSW Conference & Festivals}}

Elliot was named the 2010 Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellow{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/2010socialentrepreneurshipfellows.html|title = Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) & Brian Elliot (MBA 2009) named HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellows - News - Harvard Business School| date=5 August 2010 }} and was honored by Auburn Seminary in 2011 as a millennial leader.{{Cite web|url=http://nainblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/auburn-seminary-will-celebrate-peace-is-possible-2011-nov-7th/|title = Auburn Seminary will celebrate Peace is Possible 2011 Nov. 7th!|date = 23 October 2011}} He was named a PopTech Fellow in 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://poptech.org/class2010 |title=PopTech : Class of 2010 |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424151823/http://poptech.org/class2010 |archive-date=2013-04-24 |url-status=dead }}

Elliot has been published on topic of entrepreneurship and international development in the Harvard Business School case study entitled “Endeavor: Creating a Movement for High-Impact Entrepreneurship.” {{cite web |url=http://www.endeavoreg.org/files/HBS%20Endeavor%20case%20study.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311084320/http://www.endeavoreg.org/files/HBS%20Endeavor%20case%20study.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-11 }} He has also co-authored the first piece in Harvard Business Review to address transgender issues in the workplace, in an article entitled, “When Steve Becomes Stephanie.” {{cite web |url=http://hbr.org/2008/12/when-steve-becomes-stephanie/ar/1 |title=When Steve Becomes Stephanie - Harvard Business Review |access-date=2013-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614081728/http://hbr.org/2008/12/when-steve-becomes-stephanie/ar/1 |archive-date=2013-06-14 }}

Elliot is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics involving social innovation, technology, digital media, and authentic leadership. He has been a keynote speaker at the Millennial Impact Conference,{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcon2012.com/millennial/agenda|title = 草莓视频app无限次数下载观看}} the Reaching Out MBA Conference,{{Cite web|url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=local&sc3=&id=138411&pf=1|title=Boston Reaches Out to LGBT Grad Students with MBA Conference | EDGE Boston, MA}} and the JFNA Leadership Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id%3D260555 |title=2013 Leadership Conference: Dallas - Speakers |access-date=2013-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222054906/http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=260555 |archive-date=2014-02-22 }} Elliot has also spoken at the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/5FnJ1bRkroI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140630060235/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FnJ1bRkroI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FnJ1bRkroI| title = Brian Elliot - Why I Serve - 2010 Social Enterprise Conference | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} the PopTech 2010 Conference as a Social Innovation Fellow,{{Cite web |url=http://poptech.org/popcasts/brian_elliot_friend_power |title=PopTech : PopCasts : Brian Elliot: Friend power |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509164208/http://poptech.org/popcasts/brian_elliot_friend_power |archive-date=2013-05-09 |url-status=dead }} the Schusterman NetWORKS Gathering,{{Cite web |url=http://www.schusterman.org/our-approach/programs/gatherings-events/networksgathering/program |title=Program |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222234343/http://www.schusterman.org/our-approach/programs/gatherings-events/networksgathering/program |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }} Unreasonable@State, and the Founder Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://fi.co/curriculum/65|title = Learn about the Founder Institute's company-building process}}

• [http://www.friendfactor.org Friendfactor website]

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