Ellen Sandler was born in Seattle, Washington and attended The University of California at Berkeley for three years and graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. She worked in advertising following graduation. Ellen serves on the board of The UCLA Health Systems and on the board of The Mattel/UCLA Children’s Hospital, where she served on the Executive Committee. She is a Founding Member of Today’s and Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund (TTCF) a research funding initiative at Mattel and was the groups co chair for four years. Ellen is a former board member of Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and has been active in the Women’s Philanthropy Division and in the Women’s Division of Israel Bonds.