Board Member at Women's Global Leadership Initiative
Laura has built her career by cultivating authentic professional relationships while creating innovative solutions that truly support her client’s mission and best meet their individualized needs. Laura is set apart by her ability to deeply understand organization’s diverse objectives and ruthlessly works to develop compelling solutions that serve clients on a macro and micro level. She has a true knack for sales and connecting with people both personally and professionally. Driven by her passion to help people and to have a true impact in the community Laura joined Lee Hecht Harrison in September 2014 as a VP of Business Development, where she is a top sales driver bringing in new business. At LHH, Laura helps Bay Area companies undergoing organizational change to reduce risk and accelerate results by advising on best practices and makes recommendations for talent development and career transition coaching services. Laura has a particular passion for cultivating leadership and is driven by helping women to find their voice. As a board member with Women’s Global Leadership Initiative she takes pride in driving change in helping women to lead.
2016/2017 UN Empower Woman Global Champion
CEO of Diversity RD Global
Roxana Damas
2016/ 2017 UN Empower Women Champion for Change * BeVisible top 25 LatinX Trailblazers * Google Primer Featured Case Study
Roxana Damas, with over 15 years of consulting locally, nationally and internationally, is the founder and CEO of RGD Enterprises Inc., the parent corporation for three businesses: RD Consulting & Translations (RDCT), Diversity RD Global, and Roxana Damas Music & Productions.
RD Consulting & Translations connects technology and business to Latino and other underserved communities. Diversity RD Global specializes in all forms of diversity work, public affairs, strategic development and corporate social responsibility projects. Roxana Damas Music & Productions, the original business that she began at 17, is now a family business that includes music, entertainment, publishing, event productions and as a singer, a platform/instrument for her message.
Damas unique blend of training and work experience in the fields of business administration, public and international relations, immigration, public policy, human rights, social services, gender issues, educational programs and violence prevention are assets in creating business innovation, start-ups, and uniquely designed new projects. As a graduate of UC Davis in Women’s Studies and her MBA in Transglobal Management from St. Mary’s, Roxana is able to apply her academic studies as well as awareness and exposure to these topics being raised in both El Salvador and San Francisco.
Roxana’s vision is that her business and civic efforts will support individual and community transformations. As a result of years of investing in socially responsible work, she has started the non-profit Alquimia Global to help those most in need through a non-profit humanitarian model.
Financial Comedienne Financial Literacy Specialist at Patelco
Veronica Dangerfield is a Financial Educator for Patelco Credit Union, an award-winning speaker, a published poet, and a professional comedienne.
She supported the Bay Area Crisis Nursery for six year by producing and performing in an annual Mother’s Day Comedy Show. Since 2008, she has volunteered with the Berkeley High School RISE program teaching students and serving on the Board.
Ms. Dangerfield teaches financial empowerment for Habitat for Humanity and has taught financial literacy for ten years at UC Berkeley, Cal State University East Bay, San Francisco State University, Diablo Valley College, Sierra Junior College, and dozens of high schools and non-profits.
She received her BA Degree in Communications from Sacramento State University.
She is a mother of three, an avid traveler, and committed to life-long learning.