About Ellen

Born and raised in West Caldwell, New Jersey, and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Ellen fulfilled her lifelong dream of studying Architecture at Auburn University. Early in her career she had the honor of working for Kelbaugh & Lee Architects, Princeton, on major public passive solar projects and design competitions which gained awards and recognition in architectural journals and magazines. Ellen enjoyed an 8-year career as an Architectural Designer and coordinator of presentation renderings for firms in New Jersey, Florida and Santa Monica. Ellen transitioned into working as an Artist in the 1990s, marketing her original pen & ink renderings at prestigious art shows in Los Angeles. Her commissions are found in distinguished collections including former USC President Stephen Sample, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Oak Park, Illinois, the Malibu Adamson House, the official Grand Canyon gift shops, and private collections. From 2004-09 Ellen was a CA Real Estate Appraiser throughout LA County. This experience lends a unique style and technical credibility to her Comparative Market Analyses, and helps her clients gain a more realistic expectation of value. In addition to her professional and creative backgrounds, Ellen has over 18 years’ experience in retail sales which inspired her pursuit of a real estate career. She had finally found a way to fuse her passion for Architecture with her enthusiasm for our extraordinary California Real Estate Market. She earned her real estate license in the Spring of 2010. By 2017 Ellen had finished an impressive year of real estate sales placing her in The Leading Edge Society with the top 9% of agents in her former brokerage. In 2019 she joined Coldwell Banker Realty in Calabasas where a supportive management, warm office culture, and robust Listing Concierge marketing program awaited her. Clients were enthusiastic to list resulting in 2020, 2021, and 2024 as her strongest sales production years and the distinction of The International Sterling Society, despite the challenges of Covid and a changing market. She is a member of The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing joining its national network of luxury REALTORs®. After building a successful career helping amazing clients buy and sell real estate across LA, Ellen is excited to share her next chapter. In 2025 she joined one of the top-producing teams in Southern California: The Getzels Group at Coldwell Banker Realty. Knowing the group’s founder Nathaniel Getzels since the beginning of both their real estate careers, she is familiar with his ideals of a strong work ethic, personalized attention, integrity, communication and loyalty that parallels her own approach to business. A move to The Getzels Group gives her access to powerful Global Luxury marketing tools, elite-level collaboration, and the enhanced support of a team to help her serve her clients. Ellen will continue to deliver her unique style of personalized real estate directly to her clients within a respected, award-winning, luxury brand that will exceed your expectations.