Allyson Colaco

In a world where many people rush past each other, Allyson Colaco pauses. Be not mistaken, she has hummingbird-like speed, so her pauses are more like time warps. The personal and professional mantra of E4E Relief’s VP & Director of Client Success is "It matters" and, to Allyson, everything that affects others’ well-being genuinely does matter. 

"The best advice I've ever received is that giving to others is giving to yourself." A close relative said it. She lives it. And that philosophy is indicative of how Allyson has mastered her version of a David Copperfield impersonation (making other peoples’ problems disappear), while simultaneously keeping herself refueled with the one critical element she keeps in inexhaustible supply: a benevolent heart. That, and the café misto she carries with her everywhere. 

"I enjoy learning about people and finding things for them that let them know they're top-of-mind." Those words often result in her colleagues’ receiving mystery gifts when they least expect them, but most need them. That would be her superpower if she’d allow herself to be described that way. She won’t. But it’s her superpower anyway. And it extends beyond physical gifts; it's evident in how she anticipates clients’ needs with a precision and warmth that can only be described as innate. 

It’s no wonder she excels at linking arms with E4E Relief clients during their employees’ darkest moments. That role requires an acute sensitivity to anticipating others’ needs – a “secret sauce” intangible that cannot be taught or caught. And Allyson’s got it in spades. Actually, she could teach a clinic on it. 

So, how is she so effortlessly all things to all people? It’s the exercise discipline (early morning runs happen regularly). It’s being a full-time dog mom to one pup who is named after the greatest drummer in all the land and many more foster pups who find themselves in Allyson’s caring ecosystem. Whether she is setting her team up to grow and excel and volunteering to share her time and talents within the broader community, it’s clear she can’t help it. Givers give. 

What she’d be doing if she weren’t keeping E4E Relief clients informed and prepared for every disaster is obvious: She’d have the most compassionate dog rescue this side of the Mississippi. With a voracious appetite for the written word, something she honed as she balanced the riveting cases studies found in the MBA program at Georgetown, Allyson highly recommends "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi, which reinforced her belief that "Who we are goes beyond our physical presence – it's about how we impact others while we're here."  

She’s got an ambidextrous brain, and few people know Allyson’s adept at creating with her hands – a talent that mirrors her career approach: being the platinum standard of solution-oriented client advocacy with care and the kind of attention to detail that could qualify her as a renaissance woman by most measures.  

Allyson’s ultimate net-positive – and the reason she is an E4E Relief strategic bet – is the plethora (her favorite word—at least for now) ways she can unexpectedly connect the dots between people, processes and purpose. 

Everyone in her orbit is grateful.