Elena Nuñez Cooper is the CEO and founder of Ascend PR & Family Office Advisory, serving family offices and private equity firms. She consults on SPACs, leadership development, risk management, and corporate and family governance.

Nuñez Cooper serves as an independent director for the PCT Family Office. For nearly three years, she served on the board of and chaired the IT marketing committee at ZeroNox Inc., a $255 million off-road electric vehicle company.

Nuñez Cooper has been featured in Fortune and The New York Post. She is a columnist and speaker, having spoken at Stanford Graduate School of Business, HalBar Family Office Summit and the Busch School of Business. She previously served on the board of Cameron School of Business at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.