Laura R. Zander

Laura Zander joined the Exploratorium in 2007. She is responsible for managing the Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, and Campus Facilities groups as well as their Real Estate activities and relationship with the Port of San Francisco. Laura spent the early part of her career in commercial banking and project finance with a specific focus on Latin America at three large financial institutions in New York. She moved to San Francisco in 1999 to get involved in high technology. Laura worked as a CFO to start-up and midsized Internet and high-technology companies in the Bay Area. In 2003, she moved into the not-for-profit sector as Chief Financial and Operating Officer for the Peninsula Jewish Community Center, where she was involved in its large construction and relocation project. Laura holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.