Eleanor (Ellie) Thornton
Consultant

Eleanor (Ellie) Thornton, M.S., CHES, AE-C, is the President and CEO of Visionary Consulting Partners, LLC.  She serves as a consultant/advisor for various governmental and private sector organizations. Her Bachelors of Science degree is in Respiratory Therapy from Georgia State University and her Masters of Science degree is in Health Promotion Management from Marymount University, Arlington Virginia.  She is certified in both health and asthma education with 30 years experience providing healthcare related services.  Ellie provides consultation on comprehensive and innovative community outreach strategies, advocacy, partnership building and the implementation and dissemination of the asthma counselor/case management intervention model. She also has extensive experience developing health promotion/education programs for both children and adults from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and has expertise in the management and counseling of inner city families with asthma.  She is active in establishing networks and partnerships with community organizations to promote optimal asthma management and access to affordable quality asthma care. Her advocacy work has been at both the national and local level. Prior to establishing her consulting services, her most recent positions included serving as Research and Health Services Administrator and Asthma Counselor at Howard University College of Medicine. During her nine year tenure she was involved in inner-city asthma research and established the office of community outreach for asthma care.  The office provided numerous services including comprehensive free asthma medical care, asthma counseling and support services for uninsured adults in the metropolitan D.C. area. Ellie also held a position as Director of Education and Community Services at the Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics and is currently a co-investigator in the post Katrina collaborative research project Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana, conducted by Tulane University and the New Orleans Department of Health.