Our Team

Ellen Curelop is founder and president of the Village Network at Life Coping. A graduate of Skidmore College, she serves on the BEAS Medical Care Advisory Committee, Real Choices Consumer Advisory Committee, and the American Society on Aging. Ellen is a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Case Managers, the National Gerontologic Nursing Association, and participated in the New Hampshire Nursing Home Transition Project.

Ellen, who is also the founder of the Village Network’s sponsor organization, Life Coping, Inc., is an avid advocate for the practice of self-reliance, and empowerment of individuals in making their own choices about their lives. She supports educating people so that they can make informed and appropriate decisions about their care. She promotes individualized and consumer-directed care plans.

Prior to founding the Village Network, Ellen had leadership roles at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the former Memorial Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire. She also gained legislative experience working for United States Senator Warren Rudman.