Laura Morris

Laura Morris has extensive experience in the advertising and media industry. Laura is currently working as the Vice President of Digital Investments at Tombras since August 2023. Prior to this, they held the position of Vice President of Media Investment at Empower from November 2021 to August 2023.

At Empower, Laura also worked as the Vice President of Digital & Programmatic Media from March 2019 to September 2021. Before that, they held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Director of Digital & Programmatic Media, Senior Director of Programmatic, and Director of Programmatic, all at Empower.

Laura has also worked at Merkle as a Senior Manager of Media Services from May 2018 to March 2019. In this role, they oversaw budget planning, identified program opportunities and challenges, and managed client communications.

Prior to Merkle, Laura worked at Centro where they held multiple positions including Manager of Client and Media Services, Senior Programmatic Buyer, Programmatic Buyer, Associate Programmatic Buyer, and Brand Exchange Coordinator, spanning from 2012 to 2018.

Before joining Centro, Laura gained experience as a Freelance Account Coordinator at JMG, Inc. and Marketing Coordinator at Orangetheory Fitness. Laura also interned as a Digital Ad Sales Intern at MTV Networks.

Laura Morris has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Marketing from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Laura also holds a TripleLift Native Certification, which they obtained in August 2017.