Laura Bentzen Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• In this role, I served as:
• A strategic director/advisor, working to guide and inform internal workstreams and decision-making, thereby ensuring that leadership, members, and initiatives were well aligned with each other as well as with the.
• A project manager, who carefully planned to ensure that all projects, initiatives, and campaigns undertaken by the Network were well positioned for success;
• A worker bee, actually serving as the Network’s infrastructure and doing the daily and long-term work that was needed to gain forward momentum and progress;
• A primary point of contact, for all Network members and external partners; and
• Well-versed in various aspects of the environmental movement, including but not limited to, key issues, terminology, players, congressional and administrative actions, and historical context.In this role, I was:

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

From the project’s inception, I worked alongside a small, core group of environmental nonprofit CEOs to design, build, and launch a new national environmental leadership network (first referred to as New Network) that aimed to be more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and just. I authored and/or co-authored dozens of foundational documents, including.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

After changing careers, I served as the Operations Manager for a private coalition comprising 32+ of the nation's leading environmental and advocacy nonprofit organizations. I directly supported the Presidents, Chief Executive Officers, and Executive Directors of these nonprofit organizations when they collaborated on shared environmental priorities. I.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I have eight years of experience in Federal Government policy and administration, providing research, analysis, writing, editing, meeting planning, and programmatic support to various agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense (DoD). In supporting these entities, I worked extensively in the areas of project.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Before joining Booz Allen, I was accepted into Secretary Elaine L. Chao’s DOL Internship Program for the summer of 2006 in Washington, D.C. Within the Bureau of International Affairs, I collaborated with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Coordinator to organize a major DOL-sponsored-Conference in Vietnam while working directly with DOL agencies.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I obtained an internship at FEMA in its Office of International Affairs through the Boston University Washington Internship Program where I routinely assisted the program specialists in accompanying visiting foreign delegations interested in FEMA’s preparedness, response, and recovery operations. In this role, I helped prepare briefings for the.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Applied Intelligence

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Women's Golf Team

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Soccer, golf, tennis