Elena is a Peoria/Dunlap HS friend. NOT Elena Wagenmans. Phone: +1 (309) 621-1273. Email: jel39865@gmail.com.
She studied Supply Chain Management at UIUC and studied abroad in Milan, Italy (January-June 2022). She works in defense: "stuck building missiles in Arkansas." She travels frequently for work (Arkansas, possibly other defense sites).
Her dad works in China. Her mom has a GI doctor. She has a dog named Cooper. She has TSA precheck.
Part of the "Meowww" group chat with Kristine, Taylor Wen, Jessie Li, and Amy. She's the least active of the group (267 messages vs 1,500-3,000 for the others), but still present.
She traveled to Qingdao, China in December 2025 (Chicago → Tokyo → Shanghai → Qingdao). She was at the November 2025 Chicago reunion with the whole Peoria friend group. She brought a friend named Aileen to the Chicago weekend. She shared Bilt credit card advice in the group (January 2026). She nearly hyperventilated watching something scary (February 2026).
The Meowww group knows ABOUT Elena Wagenmans from Amy's startup stories (Taylor asked "elena?" when Amy said she was leaving), but Elena Wagenmans is NOT in Meowww.
Significance
A person who shares a first name with the most consequential relationship in Amy's professional life, but is the opposite in every way: low-drama, consistent, building missiles instead of building narratives.