A 1982 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Ellen Houlihan supports Catalyzer as a facilitator and coach, leveraging her substantive expertise in organizational transformation, governance, and process engineering/manufacturing.
After graduating with the third class of women from West Point, she served as a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Army. Among her most notable assignments was as the 4th Infantry Division’s (Mechanized) representative on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS).
Leaving the military for a multi-decade career in industry, Ms. Houlihan’s experience spans both commercial electronic product development and defense acquisition. She has led every manufacturing process function from raw material qualification and selection to final acceptance shipment and recently retired from Raytheon Corporation after a 25-year plus career.
She has a Master of Business Administration from Rivier College, where her field of study focused on process development and integration. In 2018, Ms. Houlihan received an executive coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is certified as a Great Game of Business® Coach.
Ms. Houlihan is the first female West Point graduate to be selected by her peers as class president, served as Vice-Chairman for the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) Board of Directors, and now serves on the Board for the Office of the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, also at West Point.
She and her husband, Glen, reside in Mint Hill, North Carolina.