Ms. Ellen Donnelly

Ellen Donnelly, Partner & Co- Co-Chief Executive Officer

Tribute quilters include, from left, Pam Hoard, Ellen Donnelly, and Wendy Johnson.
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Mrs. Hoard's mother, 84-year-old Ellen Donnelly of Maumee, who served as team leader for the New York State Courts memorial quilt, will make the first presentation during the dedication ceremony in New York City's Marriott Financial Center.

"When I present the quilt, I hope someone has a case of Kleenex.There's going to be a lot of tears, that's for sure," said Mrs. Donnelly, a thimble collec-tor who has been quilting since age 7.
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"It's been hard, looking into their faces as we've sewn," said Mrs. Donnelly, referring to photographs of the trio."Not an hour goes by that I do not think of this - of them."

At the top of the quilt are the words "All Gave Some; Some Gave All."

As a special tribute, the "courthouse steps" pattern locks in the four corners of the quilt's design."It's an old, old quilting pattern," said Mrs. Donnelly, who devoted 26 hours - and 175 yards of white thread - to hand-quilting the gold, red, and blue fabric."The courthouse steps depicts where the men worked."

An additional 56 hours of stitching went into the labor-intensive project to make the quilt that easily could be called a blanket of love.Mrs. Donnelly tucked her slender needle one last time into the fabric on Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m., completing the personal gift to the memory of the three men.

Although she has some vision problems, Mrs. Donnelly uses needles threaded by her daughters and can skillfully "stitch in the ditch."
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It hasn't yet been determined where the quilt of court officers made by Mrs. Donnelly and her daughters will be displayed.

Ellen Donnelly
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Ellen Donnelly - leagues1@ewgnnj.org

Ellen DonnellySmooth Engine | Structure Growth
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Ellen DonnellyPartner and Co-Chief Executive Officeremail: edonnelly@smoothengine.com

Ellen Donnelly, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Smooth Engine, is a senior executive with a 30-year record of career achievements.Her experience includes financial, operational and management roles in diverse industries including financial services, healthcare, media/entertainment, industrial manufacturing, consumer products and retail organizations.

Prior to joining Smooth Engine in 2003, Ms. Donnelly served an independent management consultant providing services to growing businesses, specializing in the areas of financial and organizational restructuring.

Preceding her work as a consultant, Ms. Donnelly served in a number of senior management roles at American Equities Group, Inc. (AEG), a firm that provided asset-based and other financing and support services to growing middle market companies.She joined AEG in 1997 as Controller and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1998.As CFO, Ms. Donnelly helped to establish and build the company's organizational structure, which included launching the finance, strategic planning, accounting, human resources, and investor services functional areas.She oversaw the staffing and managing of all personnel and operations in these departments, helping to institute and oversee strategy and implementation for each.She briefly left AEG in mid-2000 to found Capital Solutions Group, Inc. where she served as Chief Executive Officer; however, later in 2000, she was recruited by AEG to return to the firm as Chief Executive Officer where she served in this leadership role until 2002.

From 1989 to 1997, Ms. Donnelly was the Chief Financial Officer for healthcare services provider NewBridge Services, Inc., where she was a key leader of the management team assigned to implement the managed care model of service delivery and to establish a program of Total Quality Management for the organization.She previously worked at CBS, Inc. from 1981 to 1989 in financial management and planning positions in several divisions of the Broadcast Group, ultimately serving as a Director in the Broadcast Group.Earlier in her career, she managed marketing services departments for Macy's and for Keyes Fibre Company, a manufacturer of paper and plastic products for the commercial and consumer markets.

Ms. Donnelly has served in leadership positions in numerous community and non-for-profit organizations.She is also a founding member of The Women's Golf Association of New Jersey where she serves as a member of the Executive Council.

Ms. Donnelly earned her B.A. degree from The University of Toledo and her M.B.A. degree from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management.

Ellen Donnelly, Partner & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Ellen Donnelly