Laura is a business development professional with more than twenty years of expertise advising start-ups, entrepreneurs, and major corporations on growth strategy. She has led both agency and corporate environments, where her extensive background in lead generation, marketing, and communications have been the cornerstone of her expertise. She has a proven track record of success in brand development, community building, marketing, event production, and strategic partnerships. Laura has a knack for seeing the opportunities in specific introductions and is known for creating strategic partnerships that garner results.As the CEO & Co-founder of Nix|Gerson Media, Laura Nix Gerson develops and produces content that celebrates women. She is also the co-founder of Venture:F and the producer and host of the Venture:F podcast, the destination for women investing in women. In her previous role at Worth Media Group she established a strategic partnership between Worth and the Milken Institute that led to Worth producing an annual Milken Global magazine and interview series for the conference. She also reinstated the Women & Worth community, building out the business and content strategy, to include producing the Leading Voices Series and the 2023 Women & Worth Summit booking such luminaries as Stacey Abrams, Valerie Jarrett, Jenny Just, Gloria Feldt and Sallie Krawcheck. Prior to this Laura launched FOUNDED, a curated community focused on strategic introductions, to help founders grow and scale their businesses and was the Founder & CEO of MomAngeles Media, where she spent 10 years working with brands in the parenting and women's health & wellness space. During this time she booked 200+ top tier women speakers, all experts in their field, for events and series including: The Riveter Stories, United State of Women Summit, SoCal Wellness Annual Summit, and The MomFair. This was a formative time in her career that she credits with a deeper appreciation for the ability of women to innovate, launching businesses that solve challenges women and moms deal with every day.Laura serves as a Board Director of the Los Angeles Venture Association and as the Co-Chair for Women@LAVA.As a writer she has contributed to Worth, CBS Local Los Angeles, Babble, and Modern Mom.