BOARD: Laura Black

Laura Black is a seasoned corporate finance professional and an experienced Board member. With over 30 years of experience in high technology, business strategy and finance, she has refined her expertise in developing shareholder value creation strategies and advising companies on equity capital raising and M&A.

Laura serves as a board member of two publicly traded companies: VIAVI Solutions and Ichor Holdings, and is a board member of a private company, Sakuu. As an investment banker for Needham & Company, Laura has advised a broad range of technology companies on over $50 billion of mergers, acquisitions, IPOs and other equity financings. She previously served as head of corporate finance at Black & Company where she raised public equity capital and completed numerous M&A and strategic advisory assignments. Laura previously served as Director of M&A for TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group where she evaluated acquisition candidates, managed direct investments and divestitures, and raised venture capital to back spin-off companies.

She began her career at TRW as an electronic circuit design engineer. Laura earned an MS in Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She holds an MSEE from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from the University of California at Davis. Laura also gives generously of her time, talents, and financial support for children and family charities, chairing the board of a multi-million dollar non-profit, Classic Wines Foundation, in 2020, after serving on the board 3 years. Over the span of 15 years, she served on the Oregon and Northern California Chapter boards and the National board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society