There are many ways to describe Elena Fondacaro. She is a confident woman that
stands strong to her talent in the entertainment business, spending her life accomplishing
what some call impossible. She has fought through many stereotypes of being a successful
woman in business and facing challenges of discrimination. Through it all, she has maintained
a powerful influence in all she does.
Moving to Los Angeles California was the start of her career. She began working for The
Walt Disney Company as an Executive Assistant. She worked with two Senior Vice Presidents
who both had an influential impact on her career. She describes her experience by saying, “I
was able to watch and listen and learn the daily activities of what it is you need to become a
business woman in this business man’s world.” This learning experience led her on a path that
she stands strong in today as a manager to various Hollywood actors.
Elena Fondacaro has also been working in a Co-Executive Producing, Co-Creator capacity
with other colleagues on a Reality Show based around two of her Clients. NBC has bought
the pilot and it was shot in February of 2004. Her goal is to develop other projects for people
with disabilities aiming to educate the public on the awareness of actors who are little people or
actors with disabilities.