Laura Lauder is a social entrepreneur and venture philanthropist, focused on designing and launching signature initiatives through the Lauder Family Venture Philanthropy Fund. These include co-founding the Center for Media and Democracy in Israel, creating the Gap Year program at Duke University, and the Black Teacher Pipeline project launching this year. A trustee of the Aspen Institute, she co-founded its Socrates Program, which has brought over 8,000 young leaders together for interactive seminars on values-based leadership. Lauder is on the advisory board of Service Year Alliance and the boards of Social Finance in Boston and the National Constitution Center. She is active with the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO/WPO) and is a Council on Foreign Relations fellow.
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