Ask JBH #19: Laurie Dowling Ask JBH

Laurie Dowling is President of The Dowling-Woo Company, a woman and minority-owned small business.   Laurie is a consultant who works with non-profit organizations and for-profit enterprises on strategic issues including diversity, general management, fundraising, executive search, strategic planning, management development, and Board development.     As a consultant, Laurie is Executive Director for the National Utilities Diversity Council, a national non-profit organization that conducts research to educate, develop best practices and guide efforts that will promote diversity in the utilities industry in the areas of governance, employment, procurement, language access/customer service, and philanthropy.   Among her clients have been the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, the Museum of Latin American Art, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.    For eight years Laurie was Executive Director of the Office of Executive Education Programs of the UCLA Anderson School of Management where she was responsible for oversight of all aspects of one of the world’s top executive education programs, from corporate relationship management and sales to curriculum design and program operation -- serving over 1,500 executives annually and taking the Department from #23 in the world to #11 (Financial Times ranking).