Laura Callanan is founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab, connecting impact investing to the creative economy. Since 2016, Upstart Co-Lab has garnered international attention for impact investing in the creative economy and directly mobilized $45 million in alignment with its mission. Before launching Upstart Co-Lab, Laura served as senior deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. As a consultant with McKinsey and Company’s Social Sector Office, Laura led work on social innovation, sustainable capitalism, and impact assessment. She previously served as senior adviser at the United Nations Development Program; executive director of the Prospect Hill Foundation; and associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation. Laura has been visiting Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, scholar-in-residence at UC-Berkeley/Haas School of Business, visiting scholar to the American Academy in Rome, recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship, and adjunct professor at the New York University’s Stern School of Business.