Laura Speer

Laura Speer is the Director of Strategy at the Annie E. Casey Foundation where she works with the Senior Leadership Team to develop and implement the Foundation’s vision of a brighter future for all young people in the United States.  Prior to her current position, Laura had primary responsibility for the National KIDS COUNT Project and managed a portfolio focused on national policy research and advocacy with a special emphasis on policies impacting immigrant families. Having spent a number of years doing state- and local-level child advocacy work, Laura served as a key resource for state advocates in the US as well as a number of child advocates in Latin America interested in Data Based advocacy.  Laura is a member of the Board of Director’s of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and WYPR Public Radio in Baltimore. Laura has a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Masters in Public Administration from New York University.