Laurie Peters

About Laurie Peters

I’ve led teams as VP communications, agency director, and in-house corporate communications director, in addition to operating my own public relations agency and heading communications for multiple nonprofits and industry standards groups. With an extensive career in public relations and communications, I have been fortunate to provide strategic counsel to the CEOs of hundreds of innovative companies and large-scale startup ecosystems. As Vice President of Communications at StartX, I created and led the StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force with Stanford alumni scientists, physicians, professors, and engineers delivering solutions for prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of COVID-19. As Communications Director at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, I helped bring global media attention to the organization and its portfolio companies with the launch of the La Kretz Innovation Campus. Top-tier press coverage achieved includes CNN International, Associated Press, Reuters, Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, TODAY, Univision, SKY News Australia, Channel News Asia, French Arte TV, Beijing Television Network, The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, Scientific American, Fast Company, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as extensive media coverage in major newspapers and industry trade publications.

Experience

1. Chief Communications Advisor

   Healthunity

   Feb 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Chief Communications Advisor for the launch of HealthUnity, a consortium of leading data scientists, AI experts, and healthcare visionaries organized to help shape the future of personal and societal health through data insights, domain knowledge, and equitable applications.