Laurel Potter Huerta (she/her)

Managing Director

Laurel is the Vice President of Operations for WDN and the Managing Director of WDN Action. In her role, she bridges strategic vision with tactical implementation. Laurel brings over 15 years of program development, communications, technology, and operational expertise to her work with WDN and WDN Action.

Before her tenure with WDN and WDN Action, Laurel spent several years working in the field of education in Brazil and Spain. She has conducted fieldwork on progressive education policy in Porto Alegre, Brazil, partnered with the University of Barcelona on an international study of innovative educational technologies, and evaluated the effects of school reform on student learning experiences.

Laurel’s experience also includes roles in teacher training and development in Rio de Janeiro, educational consulting in the Silicon Valley, professional translation, and advising on a children’s book project about environmental justice leaders. Laurel holds undergraduate degrees in English, Spanish, and Portuguese from UC Berkeley and completed graduate studies in Education at the University of Barcelona.