Laura Zumdahl

Laura Zumdahl, Ph.D, LSW, is the President and CEO of New Moms, a social impact organization focused on supporting young moms as they achieve economic mobility and create strong families. She also serves as CEO of New Moms’ social enterprise Bright Endeavors, a soy candle company that provides paid transitional jobs to young women in New Moms’ job training program, and Bright Path Consulting, their national consulting practice for human service organizations.

Laura’s career has been focused on growing and developing effective nonprofit organizations. She’s served in a variety of leadership roles in the nonprofit sector in capacity building, legal aid, higher education, and child welfare. She serves as a board member and co-chair of the membership committee of Chicago Alliance for Collaborative Effort (CACE) and board member and vice-chair of the policy committee for Forefront. She is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. She’s also a Licensed Social Worker in the State of Illinois.