Ella Currier

As Vice President of Public Affairs at Benchmark Public Affairs, Ella leads dozens of communications and public relations projects, leveraging her diverse background in advocacy, public involvement, and grassroots organizing to serve our clients.  

 

Before helping found Benchmark Public Affairs, Ella spent six years working at Strategies 360, where she managed the Montana office's largest client and successfully shepherded projects across the energy, transportation, housing, public safety, natural resources, and healthcare sectors. 

 

Ella was a member of Denise Juneau’s U.S. Congressional campaign staff in 2016. Subsequently, she worked for various statewide organizations as a grassroots organizer, directing field operations, leading workshops, and lobbying the state legislature. Specifically, Ella worked with the Montana Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee on Legislative campaigns, opposition research, and strategy, and with M+R Strategic Services on a ballot initiative campaign. She also helped run the successful campaign for Helena's biggest-ever elementary school bond. In 2017, Ella was named one of Montana’s 25 most influential Montanans under 25. 

 

Ella holds a degree in International Relations, a minor in Government, and a certificate in Social Justice from Harvard University, all earned with honors. At Harvard, she was also awarded the Reginald H. Phelps Prize for academic achievement and outstanding character. 

 

Ella is fluent in Spanish and holds a level C-1 certification from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. She currently splits her time between Helena, Montana, and Wichita, Kansas, where her spouse is pursuing an MD.