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Laura Urdapilleta

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Summary
Laura is a highly empathetic leader, behavioral economist, and management consultant who brings to DA a global perspective; she has lived in seven countries and is fluent in four languages. Passionate about systemic change, Laura is working with the public sector, philanthropies, and multilateral organizations to ensure they best represent the people they serve.
Education
  • Exec. MSc, Behavioral Science (Concentration in Public Policy & Impact Evaluation), The London School of Economics and Political Science
  • MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management
  • BA, Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina)
Delivery Experience

Laura is currently researching common challenges and support needs to help U.S. cities achieve their housing goals, with a focus on housing affordability, supply, and the unhoused. She is conducting this research on behalf of a philanthropy interested in creating a large-scale housing program that could provide cities with housing resources, technical assistance, policy expertise, best practices, and/or peer networking.

Other Experience

Trained in sustainability, management consulting, and economics, Laura's diverse background includes roles at Bain & Company, Harvard Business School, The Nature Conservancy, and ENGIE Impact. She helped define post-COVID-19 reopening plans for the second largest school district in the U.S., which impacted 750,000 students. She also assessed the economic viability of PPP-agribusiness projects in Latin America, which created 30,000 direct jobs in sustainable farming.

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