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Laurie Heller

Marketing Consultant

Heller is a seasoned marketing professional with two decades of experience working across Fortune 500 corporations and startups. In January 2024, she embarked on a new chapter by returning to school to pursue a Master's in Human Rights at The University of Arizona.

Her academic focus centers on understanding systems of oppression and how they disproportionately affect women and children. 

Heller is deeply committed to promoting peace and dialogue between Israel and Palestine and believes in the power of understanding, empathy, and cooperation in resolving conflicts.

She actively supports initiatives that encourage mutual respect, human dignity, and peaceful coexistence for all communities.

"Democracy remains the most effective way to tackle terror, stop bloodshed and political violence in Arab countries."

- JAMAL KHASHOGGI, Al-Arabiya, June 12, 2016

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