Where does Elise Bates work?

Elise Bates is Advisor at Xfund.

What boards does Elise Bates sit on?

Elise Bates holds tracked board seats at Attane Health.

Where did Elise Bates go to school?

Elise Bates studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Colgate University (Bachelor's degree).

Elise Bates

Investor

Advisor at Xfund

Boston area

About

Elise Bates is an advisor to Xfund and Senior Director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, where she oversees the School's entrepreneurship courses, faculty, and programs. A repeat founder and operator, she began her career as an HBS research associate, later worked at the Monitor Group leading growth strategy engagements in health care and consumer markets, and founded the nonprofit End Allergies Together and co-founded Attane Health. She holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

e•••@xfund.comreveal

Experience

Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Deancurrent2026 — presentBoston, MA
Harvard Business SchoolManaging Director2026
Harvard Business SchoolSenior Director2024 — 2026Boston, MA
Attane HealthCo-Founder and Board Membercurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts
End Allergies TogetherCo-Founder and President2014 — 2020Fairfield, Connecticut
Monitor DeloittePharmaceutical and Medical Device Marketing Strategy Consultant2000 — 2005Cambridge, Massachusetts
IBMInternet Marketing Consultant1996 — 1998Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Business SchoolResearch Associate1993 — 1995Boston, Massachusetts

Skills & more

Public Speaking2Social Media3Customer Service3Social Media Marketing3Event Planning2Microsoft Office2Sales2

From Elise's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Attane Health

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Xfund

Alex Pentland

Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at MIT at Xfund

Andrew Williamson

Managing Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital at Xfund

Bob Pozen

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management at Xfund

Brandon Farwell

General Partner at Xfund

Cherry Murray

Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics, Harvard University at Xfund

Deborah Spar

Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School at Xfund

Habib Haddad

Managing Partner at The E14 Fund

Harry Lewis

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University at Xfund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Elise Bates?: Elise Bates is an advisor to Xfund and Senior Director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, where she oversees the School's entrepreneurship courses, faculty, and programs. A repeat founder and operator, she began her career as an HBS research associate, later worked at the Monitor Group leading growth strategy engagements in health care and consumer markets, and founded the nonprofit End Allergies Together and co-founded Attane Health. She holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Where does Elise Bates work?: Elise Bates is Advisor at Xfund.
What boards does Elise Bates sit on?: Elise Bates holds tracked board seats at Attane Health.
Where did Elise Bates go to school?: Elise Bates studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Colgate University (Bachelor's degree).