Laur Hesse Fisher

At-a-Glance

Founding director for the MIT Climate Change Engagement Program.
Led Impact & Learning strategy at DEPLOY/US.
Launched the platinum-winning Ask MIT Climate podcast.
Developed educational tools including climate.mit.edu and climateprimer.mit.edu.
Spoken at events held by the White House, UNFCCC, and TED Countdown.

Biography

Laur Hesse Fisher is a nonprofit leader with a focus on systems-change, specializing in climate change and depolarization strategy. At DEPLOY/US, she led the bipartisan organization's Impact & Learning strategy, aiming to advance U.S. climate action regardless of the political party in power.

Previously, Fisher was the founding director for the MIT Climate Change Engagement Program. In this role, she launched a U.S.