Laura Farr is Founder and Principal of Forward Together Strategies, a consulting firm dedicated to helping companies and organizations thrive by creating respectful and welcoming culture. Laura is an attorney, experienced negotiator and mediator with experience in anti-racist pedagogy, teaching and training, public policy, and public affairs.

Wentcher Foundation is the scholarship organization that creates equitable opportunities for high-achieving Chicago-area students to earn a college degree and go on to positively impact their communities. Serving on the Finance committee.

Mapscorps trains youth to produce and understand high-quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

Develop legislative initiatives which affect the nation's third-largest school district including over 400,000 students and over 40,000 employeesInform and educate legislators on district initiativesPrepare policy summaries and regulatory overviews for district's subject matter expertsReview, monitor, and report on current state legislationAnalyze potential legislation for conflicts with district initiatives and practices Coordinate inter-governmental agency operations to find commonalities, develop strategies, and increase district effectivenessCoordinate activities with stakeholder groups for legislative initiatives to find commonalities, develop strategies, and increase district effectiveness Manage members of State Legislative Affairs Team

Develop legislative initiatives which affect the nation's third-largest school district including over 400,000 students and over 40,000 employeesPrepare policy summaries and regulatory overviews for organization's subject matter expertsReview, monitor, and report on current education-related state legislationAnalyze potential legislation for conflicts with organization practices

Represented the Chicago Board of Education in expulsion and truancy cases pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/34-19 of the School CodePrepared and presented student truancy and student expulsion cases for trial in administrative hearings Prepared child witnesses, police officers, school personnel and others for hearingAdvised administrators and other school personnel on school lawDeveloped and implemented a training manual featuring legal techniques used to train prosecutorsMonitored and assisted prosecutors with administrative hearingsOrganized and managed prosecutor meetings

Prepared regulatory overviews and executive summaries on state statutes across the countryAuthored memoranda on relevant confidential legal issuesPrepared and presented research results for business professionals company-wide