Biographies:
Laurie Barrueta
Laurie Barrueta is a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers,
providing internal consulting services in the areas of Change
Management and Process Improvement. As a member of the Firm's
internal consulting practice, she advises on national and
international strategic initiatives designed to improve the
experiences of both employees and the Firm's clients.
For 8 years, she consulted for international organizations, NGOs
and in the US healthcare sector, in the areas of social and economic
policy development and program management, strategic planning and
communications, organizational development, and process improvement.
Post-9/11, she worked for New York City's Department of Small
Business Services as a Strategic Planning Advisor, then consulted in
the areas of leadership and management development for healthcare
organizations nationwide.
Laurie secured a Certificate in French from The Sorbonne in 1982
and a BA in English from SUNY Buffalo in 1983, then worked for 8
years in the areas of Journalism, Public Relations and Marketing
before earning her Masters in International Affairs at Columbia
University's School of International and Public Affairs in 1994. In
2002, she secured a Certificate in Organizational Development from
The New School's Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban
Policy. She was certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt in 2006.
Lowell Knauer
For the past several years, Lowell has led change management efforts
on multiple teams throughout different departments at
PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has led the implementation of change
management strategies in the Auditing and Tax practices for internal
process improvement initiatives around communications and training.
He also has instructed Six Sigma Green Belt training classes in
change management process and techniques.
Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999, Lowell worked on
a number of global and cross functional projects in the corporate
finance and credit risk management groups of JPMorgan, specifically
improving data quality levels in finance systems as well as managing
global credit reporting systems.
Lowell holds a BA degree from Penn State University and an MBA
degree from Pace University. He has a NASDAQ Series 7 License and
earned his Green Belt Certification in 2006.
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