Speaker

Laura Northrop is a planner by nature and by profession.  She often was called upon to plan events for friends and family before it became a professional calling.  After graduating from American University in Washington, DC, she started her career by taking a bite out of crime with McGruff the Crime Dog planning events for the National Crime Prevention Council.  Since then, she has had a broad range of event experiences from an award-winning skin cancer prevention campaign called “Families Play Safe in the Sun” with the Women’s Dermatologic Society to award banquets and political fundraisers.  In her current role as an Event Planner for the Society for Human Resource Management, she plans conferences and exciting event experiences, including SHRM’s signature event, the SHRM Annual Conference for 25,000 HR Professionals.   In her free time, she loves true crime podcasts and exploring the trails around the DMV.