Laura has served on ExpandNet’s Secretariat (expandnet.net) since its founding in 2003, helping shape the development of global scaling guidance, publications, and technical assistance to governments, NGOs, donors and more. For more than 25 years, she has worked across Asia, Africa and Latin America to advance the scaling of women’s health and broader public health and development interventions.

Laura earned her Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan, where she later served as a Senior Research Specialist for twelve years before co-founding the US-based 501(c)3 non-profit Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access. Partners was established to steward and support ExpandNet’s global work.

As the President of Partners, Laura directs a five-year (2022-2027) Gates Foundation-funded initiative to strengthen global scaling capacity in partnership with ExpandNet’s global Advisory Council, a group of senior leaders from across the health and development sectors. A central component of this effort is the forthcoming Scale-up Learning Center (SLC), an open-access, online curriculum and collaboration platform grounded in WHO/ExpandNet guidance and practical country experience.

The SLC equips implementers worldwide with structured, practice-based learning across the full scaling trajectory–from early stage testing of an intervention package, to developing a scale-up strategy, to strategically managing scale-up for sustainable impact. Through this work, Laura continues to advance the science and practice of scaling what works.