Women in Leadership Advisory Member

Laura Alpert

Active Term: 08/2022 - 08/2023

Areas of Expertise

• Pillars of Positivity
  
• Inspiring Emotional Intelligence
  
• Winning Work-Life Balance & Mentoring
  
• Improving Communication Habits
  
• Advocacy, Actions & Accountability
  
• Skills for Contracts & Negotiations
  
• Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation
  
• Transformational Vs. Transactional Leadership
  
• Organizational Leadership & Cultural Diversity

Chief Advancement Officer

MAB Community Services

Laura Alpert is the Chief Advancement Officer and a senior leadership team member at MAB Community Services (MAB). Headquartered in Brookline, MA, MAB is a nonprofit human services organization that helps people with disabilities throughout the state to live full and satisfying lives. MAB’s three divisions are the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Ivy Street School, and Adult Disability Services.

Before joining MAB in February 2022, Laura was the Vice President of Philanthropy at Boston Arts Academy Foundation, which supports the city’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts.

Laura has 25 years of comprehensive fundraising, communications, and marketing experience in Greater Boston and in New York’s Capital Region. She has been a senior manager since 2007 and has led teams of up to six professionals. By working with exceptional leaders, taking initiative, and building upon her strengths, Laura has helped to vastly increase the visibility of leading nonprofit organizations while raising and helping to raise more than $125 million throughout her career. 

Laura earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Brandeis University and The Heller School at Brandeis. The Quincy, MA resident possesses a fierce commitment to expanding opportunity and proudly serves on The Heller School's Alumni Board, on Boston Arts Academy Foundation's Advisory Council, and volunteers for The Trustees of Reservations.

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