Laura Strausfeld is the associate director of institutional relations, managing foundation, corporation, and law firm fundraising at the Brennan Center.
Her law and policy nonprofit, Period Law, which continues the work she began at Period Equity, fights for tax-free, toxin-free menstrual supplies that are freely available to everyone who needs them.
Strausfeld has a wide-ranging project-based background, including as a plaintiffs’ attorney; development strategist for nonprofits and companies including the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Agenda Management + Production; writer, director, and producer of theater and film; and Anton Chekhov scholar at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. She has a BA in history from Yale University and a JD from Columbia University.