Summary
Laurie Stearn is a seasoned marketing and board leadership executive with over two decades of experience advising C-level teams, startups, and content creators on brand strategy, digital transformation, and monetization. She has driven high-impact initiatives—from leading Disney’s web redesign that doubled traffic and increased revenue by 150%, to steering multi-agency new business pitches at Element 79 and launching talent and curriculum programs at Kelley School of Business. As Principal of Stearn Solutions and a current board member at Monytize, she blends hands-on digital execution with investor and board-level governance. Laurie’s uncommon mix of agency, corporate, academic, and nonprofit experience makes her particularly skilled at translating consumer insight into scalable revenue and talent strategies.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Business Administration Marketing and Management, B.S. Business Administration Marketing and Management at Virginia Tech
MBA Marketing, MBA Marketing at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Graduate Human Relations and Public Speaking & Management Courses, Graduate Human Relations and Public Speaking & Management Courses at Dale Carnegie Training
Level 1 2 3 Certification (Level 3 tasting passed…working on passing theory) Wine, Level 1 2 3 Certification (Level 3 tasting passed…working on passing theory) Wine at Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET)
Finance and Accounting for Non Financial Managers, Finance and Accounting for Non Financial Managers at Wharton Executive Education
Preparing to Be A Corporate Director, Preparing to Be A Corporate Director at Harvard Business School Executive Education
Kellogg School of Management
Stanford University
Spanish, Chinese