Laura Yellen is an Associate Vice President, Bureau Relations at BigSpeak. Prior to joining BigSpeak, Laura was employed at American Program Bureau, as a Senior Speaker Booking Agent. Before that, she served as Executive Producer/Producer for National Boston, a full-service production and post company, based in Boston. Laura was also the Assistant Director/Treasurer of the Massachusetts Film Bureau, (MFB), and a Publicist for National Amusements.
With her extensive experience, Laura is adept at facilitating speaker relations with international heads of state, CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, diversity and inclusion specialists, racial equality activists, leadership professionals, news media experts, celebrities, professional sports athletes and political figures. She consistently maintains a steady pulse on world affairs, US politics, business, economics and pop culture, in order to recruit/book the most cutting-edge experts in their fields, for her client’s live and virtual meetings, conferences and events.
In her free time, Laura enjoys paddle boarding on lakes up in Maine, playing tennis, and watching Seinfeld reruns. She also loves the feeling of being on a team, on a field competing and getting exercise, which led her to sign up for her local softball team.
Laura attended Northeastern University and graduated with a B.A. in Communications.