Laura Close

Laura Close

Greater Seattle Area
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As Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Included, my mission is to…

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  • People Data & Dinner Society

    People Data & Dinner Society

    Waking up to happy text messages from our guests and new colleagues was a clear sign of success from the inaugural…

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  • Why I'm co-founding Included -Demand for DEI

    Why I'm co-founding Included -Demand for DEI

    I’ve watched with great interest as the equity and inclusion frameworks from the first half of my career in civil…

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  • The Book We Love To Hate

    The Book We Love To Hate

    The book Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff is a secret weapon in our arsenal of senior and executive level career coaching…

  • “Measure What Matters” –Align your teams or die trying

    “Measure What Matters” –Align your teams or die trying

    When I first selected Measure What Matters as a book assignment for our clients, I was hoping for a conversation…

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    Included

    Redmond, Washington, United States

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    Seattle, Washington, United States

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    Greater Seattle Area

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    Seattle, WA

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    Starbucks Corporate Campus, Seattle

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    Greater Seattle Area

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    Portland, Oregon Area

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    United States

Education

Volunteer Experience

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    Speaker Coach

    TEDxSeattle

    - 2 years

    Education

  • Namastream Corporation Graphic

    Strategic Advisor

    Namastream Corporation

    - Present 7 years 5 months

    Strategic advisor to Namastream.com a successful, bootstrapped SaaS with international reach. Applying my expertise in female entrepreneurship, successful private practice development and high end leadership development to support the customer experience and continued growth for this dynamic company.

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    Aid Worker

    Frontera De Cristo

    - 3 months

    Walked away from a promotion to spend three months serving at a small stucco building yards away from the US/Mexico border, in Agua Prieta (Mexico). As staff for the Centro de Recursos para Migrantes we offered chairs, a roof, heater, coffee and snacks for people who had spent weeks attempting to cross the border on foot only to be captured, detained and released in Agua Prieta, MX a border town at all hours in the dark and cold. There were children, indigenous Central Americans who didn't…

    Walked away from a promotion to spend three months serving at a small stucco building yards away from the US/Mexico border, in Agua Prieta (Mexico). As staff for the Centro de Recursos para Migrantes we offered chairs, a roof, heater, coffee and snacks for people who had spent weeks attempting to cross the border on foot only to be captured, detained and released in Agua Prieta, MX a border town at all hours in the dark and cold. There were children, indigenous Central Americans who didn't speak Spanish, elderly, mothers, men trying to get back to their families in the US, so many people. We provided simple basic medical care for foot wounds from walking such long distances in the desert, information on local social services and a place to regroup for the migrants. It was one of the most meaningful three month periods of my life. http://fronteradecristo.org/

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    Leadership Committee, Greater Seattle Conversation on Board Diversity

    50/50 Women on Boards

    - Present 7 months

    Education

    Member of the Leadership Committee for the Seattle Conversation on Board Diversity where women will have the opportunity to learn from experienced director coaches and make connections with professional leaders in our region.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

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