Strategic Counsel for Executives Who Can’t Afford to Guess
Confidential coaching, board advisory, and succession planning for C-suite leaders and boards navigating high-stakes transitions.
Ashworth Executive Advisory provides confidential coaching, board governance advisory, and succession planning for executives and boards navigating growth, transition, and high-stakes decisions — with the discretion and rigor the moment demands.
Elena Ashworth, Founder & Principal Advisor
Before founding Ashworth Executive Advisory, Elena spent 20+ years in operating leadership roles, including nearly a decade as Chief Operating Officer at two venture-backed growth companies. She has sat on both sides of the boardroom table — as an executive reporting to a board, and as a director evaluating executive performance.
That dual vantage point shapes how she works: practical, direct, and focused on the decisions that actually move an organization forward — not generic leadership theory.
Elena now advises CEOs, C-suite executives, and boards at growth-stage companies on leadership development, governance, and succession — bringing the same rigor she once applied to her own operating decisions.