About
Our Story
We are here to build leaders people love following and organizations everyone wants to work for. Healthy leaders first lead themselves to be 100%, then empower others to grow to their highest capacity, developing into another multiplying healthy leader. We combine leadership development, executive coaching and the latest technology to support and empower leaders to grow themselves and their teams.
At Elevate Northeast we specialize in unlocking the full potential of your workforce. Through individual, team, and organizational assessments, we pinpoint specific growth areas tailored to your needs. With customizable programs designed to align with your performance goals, we guarantee measurable growth and increased ROI.
Our approach targets five key leadership areas: Communication, Relationships, Alignment, Execution, and Capacity. By diagnosing strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement in each of these crucial areas, we address underlying workplace challenges. With our tools and experiences, we empower your employees to enhance performance, boost productivity, and foster resilience
Our Mission
and Values
Healthy and high performing teams where everyone wants to work.
Humble
Hungry
Smart
Steward
Sherpa
Redemptive
The Team
Dylan Hall
Dylan is a mission-driven leader with over a decade of experience in social sector innovation. His expertise spans starting and growing organizations, leading diverse teams, and building partnerships to drive positive change. With a Master’s degree in social welfare and certificates in design-thinking for social innovation, Dylan brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his work.
As the co-founder of Elevate Northeast, Dylan is dedicated to helping leaders unlock their potential. He also serves as a startup and nonprofit mentor, collaborating with amazing friends like Praxis, Stephen Graves, THINQ Media, Ocean Programs, Hope Media, and Entrepreneur.
In addition to his role at Elevate Northeast, Dylan is the founder of Lead by Design, where he helps leaders build healthy and high-performing teams.
Dylan’s professional background includes clinical social work, community development, public health, philanthropy, and pastoral ministry, giving him a holistic perspective on leadership and organizational development. His diverse experience allows him to approach challenges with a unique and comprehensive understanding.
Dylan is passionate about working with community organizations to help build and scale new ideas that deepen their impact.
An experienced design, innovation, and co-creation consultant, he employs human-centered design principles to help organizations engage with their stakeholders and test new programs. He has successfully helped organizations across the Capital Region reinvent their services and programs.
Alexis Girvan
Alexis Girvan Toth is a Leadership Development Consultant, Coach, and Co-Founder of Elevate Northeast. Originally from Albany, NY, Alexis has coached individuals and teams within both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors and is driven by the idea that naming what’s underneath the surface is THE catalyst for healthy, humble, and self-aware leadership. Nothing lights her up more than helping others do just that.
After receiving her Bachelors in Communication Arts from Gordon College, she worked for close to a decade in management, training and leadership development for lululemon athletica, opening and managing the Albany location and establishing employee engagement systems based on regular rhythms of recognition, affirmation and gratitude. She went on to certify in The Myers Briggs Type Indicator and The 5 Voices with GiANT Worldwide, gaining leadership tools for leading others in developing communication competencies and relational trust.
Over the last 7 years, her coaching has included working with teams in the health and wellness space, commercial real estate, the energy sector, international peacekeeping, healthcare and a variety of start ups. After living in multiple cities throughout the US, she married her husband, Matt, in 2025 and has since planted new roots in the front range mountains of Colorado, doing life with her wild & incredible husband and two bonus daughters, Keziah and Brea.