For your people. By your people.

ELA is the largest community of employee group champions from all types and sized organizations based around the world.

As the ERG of ERGs, we provide "how to" training, resources & connections needed to quickly and efficiently build excellent employee groups.

Why we should matter to you

We know that no one person is an ERG expert. This market is moving so fast that what worked last year might not now, and an experience at one organization rarely fits another.

We also recognize no one has spare time or money to waste - especially DEI professionals and employee group leaders. Therefore, everything ELA does aims to help employee groups have the greatest impact quickly and cost-effectively.

To ensure that mission, we constantly conduct research and meet with over 500 organizations each month. At any given time, we are hands-on, working directly with dozens of groups providing training and consulting. All of this factors into a unique vantage point to know firsthand what are the real-world ERG best practices, challenges and trends.

Who we are

ELA was founded by Alyssa Dver in 2019 after a series of speaking engagements at ERG groups across the US showed her just how many of them were struggling due to the lack of structure and support needed to build groups that would continue beyond a single ERG leader’s tenure.

A former corporate executive and serial entrepreneur, Alyssa is the author of ERG Intelligence: what every leader needs to know about employee groups, and seven other expert-endorsed books, a two-time TEDx speaker, widely recognized thought business thought leader and a sought after speaker.

Today, ELA is a thriving community of over 25,000 inspiring individuals who work together to make all workplaces more diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We welcome you to take advantage of our free events and resources as well as consider joining as an ELA member.

See a partial list of our community members here.