Laura Burgis is a developmental psychologist, scholar-practitioner, and educator whose work focuses on how organizations and learning communities are designed, led, and governed to support collective well-being and to optimize human and planetary flourishing. Her scholarship and applied work sit at the intersection of organizational psychology and community development, with particular emphasis on culture transformation. A distinctive focus of her work is the development of learning communities that foster collective wellbeing and ecological belonging — an emerging and transdisciplinary frontier.
Dr. Burgis serves as full professor of practice at Claremont Graduate University in the Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences. She is founder and Executive Director of the Human Values Center, a nonprofit public-benefit corporation that partners with universities, public agencies, nonprofits, and global networks for organizational- and systems-level social impact.
In service, Laura is an active member of the Higher Education Wellbeing Project (WHEN), a global initiative anchored by Georgetown University; a board trustee of the ACPA International Higher Education Association; she serves as Chairman of the Global Charter for Compassion board of directors and holds a new appointment to the UK-based Flourishing Project Learning Lab. Her social enterprise board appointments include My Homies Kitchen, Fresno, CA, and Baltazar & Rose, Inc., a social enterprise in partnership with Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA.