Laura Otten, Ph.D.

Director

Laura has the longest history with The Nonprofit Center, serving as a consultant and instructor for more than 20 years. In that time, she has distinguished herself on both the national and local levels, as an expert in nonprofit leadership, governance, strategic planning, evaluation, and other aspects of organizational management. Since 2001, she has led the Center, integrating a commitment to best practices in all aspects of nonprofit operations, and solidified our educational model to provide in-depth, high quality learning experiences that make The Nonprofit Center unique among any other organizations in the region. This same philosophy of integrated services and highly skilled and experienced experts also guides our consulting practice, in which she is also an active participant. Laura demonstrates a life-long commitment to the nonprofit sector having served on her first nonprofit board while still a teenager. While Laura jokes that someone who qualifies for AARP shouldn’t be blogging, her weekly posts on nonprofituniversityblog.org are read regularly in more than 20 countries.

“We should make use of our security, our seniority, to take risks, to make noise, to be courageous, to become unpopular.” (Carolyn G. Heilbrun)

Laura’s latest recognition is the Rousseau Justice Award

Contact Laura at 215-951-1118, otten@lasalle.edu