Laura Rose-Lewis

Executive Director

Laura Rose-Lewis is a nonprofit executive who brings extensive private and nonprofit sector experience to her work. After graduating from the University of Oregon, Laura moved to the Bay Area, where she worked in sales for private sector firms before transitioning to the nonprofit sector.

Impassioned by nonprofit sector work, she earned a master’s degree in public administration from Lewis & Clark College, in Oregon, with program emphasis on nonprofit management. She subsequently founded a nonprofit consulting firm in Portland and worked with a range of nonprofit organizations on organizational development, strategic planning, and growth. Laura then received her Executive Coaching Certification from the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara to focus on her work with executive leaders of nonprofits.

Laura has consulted for nonprofit organizations for over two decades, supporting leaders to build organizational capacity through strategic planning, development, communications, and public relations. Laura has demonstrated expertise in organizational capacity building through the development of strategic growth, partnership engagement, organizational strategy, management, and operations.

In addition to her leadership work as an Executive Coach, Consultant, and Executive Director, Laura has served on the boards of social service and educational nonprofit organizations, including Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon, Cascade Aids Project, The Children’s Cancer Association, Temple Beth Israel Social Action Committee, and The Advocates in Hailey ID.

When not at work, Laura is passionate about spending time with her husband outdoors and spending time with their three adult children and their significant others in NY or Sun Valley and any other place they can find time together.