Ellen A. Macks just completed a three-year term as Chair of Legacy and Endowment. Prior to that, Ms. Macks served as the ASSOCIATED Women's Vice President for Resource Development (then the Women's Department) and as Women's Campaign Chair. She is a winner of the Julius Rosenberg Memorial Award, a leadership award recognizing those who show sustained, outstanding campaign leadership. Ms. Macks has served on many ASSOCIATED committees including  the Visioning Task Force and the Family Engagement Committee.

Ms. Macks’ philanthropic work extends outside the Jewish community, as well. She is on the boards of the Baltimore Museum of Art and The Family Tree and is a former trustee of Maryland Public Television Foundation. She is also a past Commissioner on the Baltimore County Commission for the Arts and Sciences. She is the founder of Stars on Call, an early Internet charitable foundation.

Ms. Macks lives in Reisterstown with her husband, Larry, and three children.