Engineer, Professor and Director of the Mortenson Center at University of Colorado at Boulder 

Dr. Laura MacDonald is the Managing Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering and the Global Engineering Residential Academic Program. She holds a PhD and MS in Geography and Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University. In her role as Managing Director of MCGE, Laura provides administrative and financial oversight of the Center's graduate certificate and Professional Master's programs. Additionally, she manages several research projects in Rwanda and provides support to the Mortenson Center's broader research portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa.