Each The Alternative Board Facilitator is an experienced business person who has successfully completed the TAB Facilitator Training Program. Most facilitators run or have run their own businesses. The TAB Facilitator guides the group discussions without dominating the meetings and encourages all members to express their views while keeping the discussion on track. They also ensure problem solving ideas are generated and the meeting does not become a gripe session.
Laura began her career at Xerox Corporation where she was one of nine people selected nationwide for a unique sales and high tech training program. After nine years of consecutive award winning senior sales and sales management positions, she went to work for a Xerox spin-off - Document Sciences Corporation. Here, she created and implemented a successful marketing and sales strategy for document composition software to the financial and insurance marketplace. After successful involvement in the spin off and IPO process, Laura went to work for another start-up - Smartmail Services - where she was the VP of e-commerce and also assisted the CEO in road show activities and involvement in the IPO process. Most recently, Laura worked at RR Donnelly as Director of Sales, where she created and marketed direct mail and logistics solutions to major and mid-sized corporations throughout the east coast.