Laura Barnard is the founder and owner of PMO Strategies, a company dedicated to helping organizations maximize their ROIs by unleashing the full potential of project management and PMOs. In 2021, Barnard was named the World PMO Influencer of the Year, the only award of its kind. She is also the co-founder and president of Project Management for Change, and a host of the longest-running PMO-specific virtual conference, the IMPACT Summit. Barnard lives with her family in Fort Lauderdale.