The loving family of Elena Diane Curris sadly announce her passing. Born in Kentucky on August 23, 1977, Elena passed quietly but suddenly of natural causes on 12/29/2015.

A member of the 2009 class of Leadership Long Beach, Elena was actively engaged in campus and community organizations. As Director of Community Projects and Marketing, California State Long Beach (CSULB), and previously Director of Donor Relations, she served as the CSULB representative to the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce, Orange County Business Council, the Fashion Institute of Design, and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). Previously she directed the CSULB President's Forum on International Human Rights, and most recently she co-directed the 2015 CSULB Veterans Day Celebration.

Elena was awarded an Associate of Arts degree in communications by the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), NYC. She received a B.A. in marketing and communications and photography by the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. She attended high school at T.A.S.I.S (The American School in Switzerland) located in Staines, England, and the University of Northern Iowa Laboratory School, Cedar Falls, IA.

She began her career at Mirabella Magazine, NYC, followed by sales with Ralph Lauren Corp. NYC and Aspen, CO.

Elena enjoyed collegiate sports, musical concerts and skiing, and had traveled.throughout the United States, Western Europe and Kenya

Elena is survived by her beloved parents, Constantine (Deno) Curris and Jo Hern Curris, beloved brother, Col. Robert A.B. Curris an sister-in-law Bobbi Curris, and her aunts Alice Diane Hern, Agathaniki Locklear, Kay Barnes Hern, and uncle, Robert Bruce Hern, Jr., and seven cousins.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Monday, January 11th, at Assumption, Greek Orthodox Church, 5751 E. Colorado Street, Long Beach. Interment will be in Lexington, Kentucky. Email condolences to www.ChapmanFuneralDirectors.com

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations in memory of Elena be made either to support the research of Steven D. Schwartz, M.D., Stein Eye Institute, 200 Stein Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA or to the CSULB Foundation to support the Veterans Center at CSULB, or a charity of your choice.