Elissa Lappenga is a professional educator, trainer, and coach with over 20 years of experience in education, non-profit, and community settings.
Elissa earned her Masters in Education from UCLA with a concentration in counseling and was one of the first facilitators of the university’s Intergroup Dialogue program.
Since moving back to her hometown of Holland, Michigan, Elissa has worked with numerous community groups, churches, and schools to facilitate dialogue workshops that help participants work through interpersonal conflict and form stronger relationships with the people who are important to them. In her spare time, Elissa volunteers as a domestic relations mediator.