Laura Hamilton

Laura works to draw out and optimize the best in people. She brings to Fogarty Innovation more than two decades of experience working in mental health, executive coaching and human resources. Laura is passionate about helping clients identify root issues and design a path that applies their intrinsic strengths to maximize potential and elevate their performance.

At the University of Pittsburgh, Laura originally majored in criminal justice with a minor in psychology. However, while working for an attorney as a private investigator, she quickly discovered that she more naturally gravitated toward understanding, supporting and elevating individuals, hence changed her major to psychology.

With her bachelor’s degree in hand, Laura moved to Southern California where she began a career with a well-known law firm, Fragomen. Initially she served as a paralegal, where her work with some of the world’s largest companies led to being appointed to leadership roles.

Her desire for knowledge deepened, and with the encouragement of the firm’s leadership team, she continued to manage her full-time job while simultaneously attending graduate school at California State University, Long Beach, where she received her master’s degree in social work.

During this time, Laura started devoting more of her energy to the internal needs of the firm, aligning with her academic aspirations to help individuals reach their potential and solve challenges. That led to an executive role in human resources and, not long after, a transfer to the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area office.

After nearly a decade focused on helping Frangomen adapt its organizational model and elevating individual performance, Laura became increasingly fascinated with the dynamic nature of people. She pivoted her career path to become a psychiatric social worker at Napa State Hospital, working with individuals suffering from mental illness.

Subsequently, she became a licensed clinical social worker and moved to the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System.

In 2007, Laura opened her own practice, True Insight, as a psychotherapist and executive coach, assisting clients in their quest to become self-aware, authentic and empowered to meet their true potential.