About Lea
Lea A. Ellermeier is a serial entrepreneurial CEO, mom and author who likes to talk about the emotional journey all entrepreneurs face.
Her business memoir Finding the Exit captures the feelings of economic vulnerability that stalk women of disadvantaged backgrounds as they move into the workplace. After surviving a turbulent childhood and one adult hurdle after another, she started a medtech company, raised venture capital, and sold the company to 3M.
A native of Nebraska, Lea graduated with an M.B.A. from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona and a B.A. from the University of Texas, El Paso. She currently resides in Dallas.