Laura Hoemeke

Laura Hoemeke is a highly skilled communications and advocacy specialist with 25 years of experience in global health and development. Laura lived, worked, and breathed (and, of course, danced) in Africa for more than 15 years, with long-term assignments in Benin, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, and Senegal. She is jazzed by getting people to look at enduring problems in new ways, and finding innovative solutions to old problems by tapping into the collective wisdom of groups. Laura feels at home everywhere from community meetings in remote villages to global conferences in urban skyscrapers. She has a BS in journalism, an MPH, and a doctorate in health policy and management. Laura is IntraHealth International’s director of communications and advocacy.