“Laurel is a highly motivating speaker who brings great value to any group interested in engaging at a deeper and more sustained level around the issues they care about Laurel delivered the keynote address on “Demystifying Advocacy” for our 2015 Southern Obesity Summit, a critical annual event for our 300 members representing nonprofits, higher education and government. Her message was completely on target in its tone and tenor and very relevant, as she grounded it in a case study of one of our members. At the end of her 45 minutes, she had connected with the audience, informing, challenging and inspiring us with her stories and experiences.  In addition to her content expertise and public speaking skills, she was a pleasure to work with, extremely professional and truly was the easiest part of planning the conference.”-