Laurie Bouillion Larrea

Laurie is a nationally recognized champion and advocate for workforce development. She supports NAWB in fortifying the readiness of the national system. She represents NAWB in the Next Level Now Collaborative to provide technical assistance to states and local boards.

Topping more than four decades in workforce board leadership across three major regions of Texas, Laurie is a proven CEO of a multi-million-dollar non-profit, award-winning board, and practitioner in both public and privately funded workforce initiatives where she honed her skills in creative fund strategies and braiding, upskilling and reskilling workers, quality childcare for working families, refugee/immigrant workforce assistance, young adult employment, and adult education. She built partnerships to produce a PBS RoadTrip Nation documentary “Wide Open Range” following four young Texans as they pursued their workforce exploration.

As a former president, Laurie continues to serve as a Trustee of the Workforce Development Council of the US Conference of Mayors and has testified before Congressional committees on numerous workforce-related topics. She is based in Rowlett, Texas with her husband, Robert.