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Laura Lewers is a Director of Strategic Accounts at Linkage. As a DSA, Laura’s role is to both deepen and widen important client relationships, while also expanding Linkage’s footprint on the West Coast. This includes engaging current and prospective clients in discussions around how they will achieve business goals through an inclusive leadership mindset, while also enabling their women leaders to advance organically within the organization.

Laura also represents Linkage at local events on the West Coast, such as the annual TechWomen conference held in the San Francisco Bay Area every fall.

A Bay Area native, Laura lives in San Francisco with her husband and beloved black Labrador, Sutter.

Prior to joining Linkage, Laura was with Vantage Partners, a boutique consultancy born out of the Harvard Law School Negotiation Project. While there, Laura worked with Fortune 1000 clients to further explore, identify and deploy leadership and management skills development.

In addition, Laura spent several years in business development and client delivery for various sales, management, and leadership development skill-building organizations. Some of her key clients have included The Walt Disney Company, Johnson & Johnson, eBay, Oracle, and Wells Fargo.

Laura earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of San Diego. She also had the fun and unique opportunity to engage in study on Semester at Sea, traveling to 11 countries around the world while working and studying on the S.S. Universe.