Laura Wolff is an independent consultant for nonprofits and foundations specializing in program and strategy review, development, and problem-solving focused on identifying barriers to action and ways to overcome them. She has expertise in project management, program and operations assessment, translating plans into actions, and establishing benchmarks and systems for ongoing monitoring, course-correcting, and documenting impact. Recently, Laura served as the Founding Director of the NYC Behavioral Design Center at ideas42, a capacity-building initiative teaching nonprofit managers and staff how to apply behavioral design techniques to enhance program and service delivery, uptake, and impact. In her prior positions at the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, she managed grant programs supporting policy analysis, advocacy, public education, and litigation to improve New York City and State policies and programs in fields ranging from human services and education to housing, workforce and community development; and enhance access to reproductive health care nationally. This combination of experiences has given her a deep appreciation for the contributions and challenges of both direct service and systems change work, along with insights about how to support practitioners in a variety of fields and roles—particularly at times of major change and uncertainty. She is committed to empowering nonprofit leaders to determine their organization’s unique value-add and how best to deploy its limited resources to advance its own goals and the wellbeing of the communities it serves. Laura began her career in social science book publishing, and has served on several nonprofit Boards of Directors including Friends of NYC Nurse Family Partnership, Women Creating Change, The Feminist Press, and Philanthropy New York. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Masters from NYU.