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Laura is responsible for building out the Diversity & Inclusion strategic roadmap at Trinity – leading all aspects of Diversity & Inclusion. She is deeply committed to serving people. She is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity & inclusion, her commitment drives innovation and enhances the overall employee experience. She is a leader with proven results for driving change in corporate culture. In her current role, she is creating the D&I function. She leads enterprise-wide D&I initiatives and training. Her efforts around D&I help to elevate employee engagement, employee experience, company reputation, talent attraction, fostering an inclusive company culture, and retaining talent. Laura partners closely with all internal stakeholders. She is privileged to lead all eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and two Employee Networks (ENs) at Trinity. Prior to joining Trinity, Laura worked at Invitation Homes where she constructed the DE&I function. She created a 3 year strategy, implemented anti-discrimination policy, ERG framework and launched six ERGs. Invitation Homes received various Comparably D&I recognitions. Preceding Invitation Homes, Laura successfully built out the D&I function from scratch for Ericsson North America. She helped Ericsson gain recognitions such as Forbes List of “2019 Top Employers of Choice for Diversity”, US Veterans Magazine, and ranked in “Top 100 for Diversity” by Mavens. During her time at Ericsson, she also launched several new ERGs and co-created their first talent acceleration program R.I.S.E. Before Ericsson, Laura spent 17 years at AT&T. At AT&T, she held numerous roles within various organizations at AT&T. Her work experience is both extensive and diverse within Human Resources, Finance, Business Marketing, working directly with former Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson. She began her career as a frontline employee, originally hired in as a service representative. She has a broad work experience, her responsibilities ranged from talent development, managed global corporate D&I sponsorships at AT&T. Laura led the Women’s and Hispanic/Latino segments, in this role she created corporate strategies which influenced the company’s direction on efforts for both segments. She administered diversity metrics, corporate diversity awards, and reporting. She managed quarterly diversity scorecards and reporting for the CEO and his direct reports as well as supported various D&I governance councils. She was program administrator for the ABS Six Sigma program. She led process improvement for customer escalations by collaborating with the Office of the President. Laura has deep expertise in the telecommunications/technology industry, over 19 years serving in the telecom/tech industry. Laura is a TEDx speaker, she is considered a thought leader in her field. In 2022, she was awarded the Community Champion of Diversity Award by University of Texas at Dallas. In 2020, Laura was recognized as one of D CEO Magazine Dallas 500, one of Dallas – FT Worth’s “Most Powerful Business Leaders”. In April 2019, she was featured in the Latina Style Magazine “Latinas in STEM on a Mission to Empower the Future”. In September 2018, Laura was featured in D Magazine DCEO “A Day in the Life of”. In September 2016, Laura was included in the “Room at the Top” article in USA Today – Hispanic Living Magazine. In 2017, she was selected to participate in the first Dallas cohort for Mujeres de HACE Women’s Leadership Development 12-week program. Laura gives back to her community. She serves on the University of Texas at Dallas Diversity Advisory Council and serves on the Board of Directors for Bryan’s House and Latinas in Tech (Dallas Chapter). She is co-founder of DFW Alliance of Latino Leaders (ALL). She mentors several people in her free time, she believes in the power of mentorship and giving back to her community. She is a former Guinness World Record Holder and has received the President’s Volunteer. Laura resides in Dallas, TX with her two children Lily and Diego. She enjoys spending time with her kids going to the movies, volunteering, cheering for her kids during marching band and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and going on family vacations.