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CLARE FINNIGAN ELLINGER
Managing Consultant

Clare Finnigan Ellinger serves as Managing Consultant for Brentwood International and  is the principal of CFE Consulting, a Los Angeles-based Human Resources consulting firm specializing in re-positioning HR for high-impact strategic contribution through business planning, change management, performance measurement, conflict resolution, coaching and assessment.

Prior to establishing her consulting practice, Ms. Ellinger was RAND Corporation’s Human Resources Director where she was a key member of the management team that led the organization-wide shift to business-based, strategically-focused management practices. 

Before joining RAND, Ms. Ellinger served as Vice President for Human Resources at WellPoint Health Networks Inc., parent company of Blue Cross of California.  In this top management role, she managed all people-related aspects of the transition from a local, not-for-profit health plan to one of the largest publicly traded health insurance organizations in the U.S.


Additionally, Ms. Ellinger has held senior HR positions in the financial services industry.  She has served as Vice President, Human Resources for Citigroup’s Western US region as well as its Retail Credit division in New York.  She has also held the senior HR role in smaller regional banks in Texas and California and in an international insurance company, now a division of Cigna.  

Ms. Ellinger is a member of the faculty of UCLA’s Human Resources Management Professional Designation Program where she currently teaches “Financial Aspects of Human Resources Management”.

Ms. Ellinger is a member of HARRT at UCLA, a network of HR executives and graduate business school academics.  She is also a member of SHRM and has been a lecturer and panelist at several HR industry forums.

 Ms. Ellinger received her B.A. degree from Mercy College and her M.B.A. degree from Fordham University. 


 

 

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