Senior Trenders

Ellen Bonner, Senior Trender

Ellen is an entrepreneur, real estate professional and mother of four. She is the Broker-Owner of Liberty Way Real Estate where she has for eight years won the Top Producer Award from the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. As an expert in commercial real estate investments and urban renewal, she is a sought-after speaker and marketing consultant. Ellen has been a member of the Gardner Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce since 2000. She is a graduate of Massachusetts Central as a Realtor Senior Specialist and Certified Buyer Representative.

Jessica Steele, Senior Trender

Jessica Steele is a Marketing Coordinator for BroadSoft, Inc, specializing in VoIP application software that enables the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services to 14 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide. In this role, Jessica coordinates a marketing communications team, focusing on all aspects of written communications including the production of web content, promotional material, business pieces, and other communications needs. She is also a Senior Trender at Trender Research where she writes thought-pieces on technology-based devices and services. Jessica graduated with honors from Gettysburg College with a BA in English and writing.

Leigh Steele, Senior Trender

With a BA in Communication from Ottawa University, Leigh was able to put her life-long love of words to good use as a business writer for a financial institution. After ten years in the cubicle world, Leigh shucked the spirit-draining environment of Corporate America and suited up for a job with the big bosses: as a Stay at Home Mom with a penchant for blogging. After birthing and motherhood led her to experience her "authentic self" and a rejuvenation of her spirit, Leigh began advocating for women and babies as a birth doula. She also acts as the membership coordinator, and a staff writer, for the Arizona Birth Network. Leigh is proud to support homebirth and midwifery and lives a small and crazy life in the lushness of the desert in Arizona. Oh, and she loves her iPhone.