Ellen Krohne Email & Phone Number

Ellen Krohne, award winning author, is looking forward to continuing her writing career and telling family stories that can bring hope and encouragement to her readers. Proceeds from her first three books are donated to Heartlinks Grief Center, where the author has the privilege to volunteer.Her third book, a children's picture book, The Secret of a Mommy's Love, is a joyful book written to honor her mother-in-law, Doris Krohne, who first told her the secret of how Jesus helps a mother's love grow with each child that is added to a family. Ellen's six grandchildren collaborated on the book, and she hopes that families will enjoy it as much as she enjoyed writing it.Ellen feels grateful to have authored her first book, We Lost Her, about her family's grief journey after the tragic death of their mother in 1970. She is honored to tell seven families' stories of losing a child to the opioid crisis and ways we can help stop the stigma and prevent future tragedies in her second book, Heartbroken: Grief and Hope Inside the Opioid Crisis, co-authored with Diana Cuddeback, LCSW and Matthew Ellis, MPE.Heartbroken was awarded a Bronze medal in the 2020 Reader's Favorite Book Award Contest in the Grief/Hardship category and won 2nd place in the 2020 TCK Reader's Choice Award in the Health category.Ellen has been blessed to have had lots of change in her life. She worked for Illinois Power Company for 27 years, from front-line customer service to VP of Customer Service; as an international business consultant for a decade; and as Executive Director of the Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois until her retirement five years ago.She treasures her bachelor's and master's degrees in organizational management, both earned as an adult while working full time and raising a family. Ellen is currently enjoying being a grandparent to six, traveling, and doing volunteer work in retirement with her husband, Bill.Ellen's books are available on Amazon.com Please sign up for her blog that is written for Heartlinks Grief Center and learn more about the author at www.ellenkrohne.com.

Listed skills include Change Management, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Leadership, and 36 others.

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  Author, We Lost Her And Heartbroken - Grief And Hope Inside The Opioid Crisis, The Secret

  Author, Writer, Speaker

  St. Louis, Mo, Us