Laura Willis

About Laura Willis

Passionate about co-creating opportunities for impact for girls, women, and young people with private sector partners.*Work in partnership with Plan’s other 80+ offices around the world to match need with resources and provide vision for how resources can best be leveraged*Advocating for reshaping philanthropic funding flows to better ensure meaningful youth engagement and funding of youth-led organizations*Proven track record of success with six and seven figure gifts - setting complex fundraising strategies, providing technical vision, structuring partnerships, and stewarding accounts to drive shared impact. Experience with grants, gifts-in-kind, employee giving, and cause-related marketing partnerships, including structuring multi-modal gifts as well as multi-sectoral public-private partnerships.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships

   Plan International USA

   Mar 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Leading the creation of and relationship management for large-scale partnerships with US-based corporations, foundations, and others in the private sector that advance Plan\'s mission for children\'s rights and equality for girls. Working to advance multi-market partnerships and multi-stakeholder partnerships. Looking to reshape philanthropic funding flows to better ensure meaningful youth engagement and funding of youth-led organizations.

Education

• Michigan State University

  BA, International Relations

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MSPH, International Health

  2009 — 2011