Laura Hertz

CEO, Gifts for Good

Los Angeles

Laura Hertz is the co-founder and CEO of Gifts for Good (giftsforgood.com): the first business gifting company that solely sells gifts that give back. Gifts for Good curates and customizes premium gifts for employees, clients, and events that support the work of over 40 nonprofits and cause-based enterprises in 19 states and 65 countries. Prior to co-founding Gifts for Good, Laura served as the Creative Director for Cultural Outreach Solutions and as an Audit Senior Associate at Deloitte. Laura dedicated a year of her life to national community service work with AmeriCorps NCCC— a team-based federal service program that has been deemed the Domestic Peace Corps. She holds her B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and her Master’s in Social Entrepreneurship from the USC Marshall School of Business. Though originally from New York, she has been fortunate enough to live in a diverse slew of countries, including China, Spain, and South Africa, and to have traveled through 22 countries and 49 states.