Laura Wanlass is a partner and global leader within Aon’s executive and board advisory practice, providing strategic guidance to boards and executive leadership teams across the globe on data-led approaches to the oversight, strategy, and execution of corporate governance, human capital, sustainability, and other topics. 

Areas of subject matter expertise and leadership include taking a market-leading, holistic approach to provide tech and data-enabled solutions that provide peer and industry benchmarks; financial stakeholder resolutions; tailored external communication strategies; curated board and C-suite-level dashboarding; and education. 

She is also a dedicated advisor to numerous committees on nominating and governance, and executive compensation and manages Aon’s global governance advisory team, tech resources, and product development strategy. 

Laura received a juris doctor from the Lewis and Clark Law School and a bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Utah. She was certified by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management on “Artificial intelligence: Implications for business strategy.” Laura is a frequent industry and NACD speaker and author on corporate governance, human capital management, and sustainability. Laura is also the vice president of the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.