Laurie Root

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About Laurie Root

Laurie Root is President at United Way of Erie County. She is a leader for: Strategic Planning & Execution Executive Leadership Marketing & Communications Resource Development Investor Relations Imagination Library Laurie Root was formerly Senior Vice President at United Way of Erie County. Profile • High producing, results-driven executive with extensive senior management experience, including strategic planning, operations, committee leadership and development, budgeting, educational programming and staff oversight. • Collaborative leadership style with a record of creating highly productive, strong teams. Ensure excellence in job performance of entire team within an environment encouraging growth and achievement. Strong mentoring style. • Excellent project management skills from conceptual development through implementation. • Successful in identifying new business opportunities and revenue. Experience in identifying trends and emerging new business opportunities. Extensive background in developing and growing external relationships Specialties: Leadership development; team leadership and mentoring; new business development; strategy; education and program development; budgeting; strong communications skills; project management; association executive management