has been a role model for many of editors and writers. She joined our board in 2014, when she was an editor, and served in top positions at and the before landing in her current post as editor-in-chief at (In 2020, made its first-ever endorsement of a presidential candidate, Joe Biden. Laura says the handful of folks who canceled subscriptions in response were far outnumbered by the wave of new folks drawn to the magazine for having such guts.) Laura was a quiet leader on the board, ever supportive of staff and committed to our work on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. When she spoke, people listened.
