Laura Trudeau

传：Laura J. Trudeau is the Principal of Trudeau Consulting, LLC. She retired in December 2016 from The Kresge Foundation as senior advisor to the president, following 10 years as managing director of Kresge’s Detroit Program. In the latter capacity, she oversaw efforts to activate the foundation’s multifaceted investment framework that fostered green, healthy, active neighborhoods and a vibrant downtown while increasing access to economic opportunity, education, transportation, and arts and culture, and worked with other community development grantmakers and practitioners to identify promising initiatives for the redevelopment of older industrial cities. Prior to joining Kresge in 2001, she served as vice president and Midwest regional head for philanthropy and community relations at Bank One, a predecessor bank of JP Morgan Chase. A graduate of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Mich., Laura is active in the nonprofit sector. She chairs the board of Detroit Future City and is a member of the boards of Invest Detroit, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Community Reinvestment Fund (Minneapolis), Pewabic Pottery (Detroit), and Venture North (Traverse City). Past board service includes the Local Initiatives Support Corporation Detroit Advisory Board, Gleaners Community Food Bank and Eastern Market Corporation.