Laura Okmin

Laura’s passion is teaching companies, professional sports teams and executives how to build deeper relationships and connections. It’s what has gotten her to the top of her field and allowed her to stay there for close to three decades – as well as the reason she’s been able to grow outside of it. Covid-19 has made that skill even more essential. Knowing how to build an authentic bond isn’t important these days – it’s a necessity – whether it’s in person or virtual.

Laura has spent months virtually coaching Super Bowl Head Coaches, NFL coaching staffs, NFL teams, College Football programs, companies and groups of women, on how to build connections – whether it’s a small group or hundreds of people. The WHERE doesn’t matter. It’s all about HOW.

Laura will lead your group to grow closer than ever during this time, creating deeper and more meaningful relationships.

Always passionate about her job, GALVANIZE gave Laura a purpose: Training and mentoring young women entering the sports world on – and more importantly – OFF camera. Its genesis was to give young women something Laura didn’t have growing up in this business … a network of other women. By conducting seminars around the country, GALVANIZE boot camps teach participants to build their own foundations by establishing relationships, gaining confidence, going deeper in their interviews, and all the while, empowering themselves … and each other. Laura proudly established The Stuart Scott Minority Scholarship in memory of her best friend and ESPN anchor who passed away in 2015. The scholarship provides additional opportunities for young women to participate in GALVANIZE programs throughout the year.

You’ll also find Laura on the sidelines for the NFL on FOX and Westwood One’s NFL national radio games; she’s the 3rd longest tenured sideline reporter in NFL History. She’s covered more than 10 Super Bowls, hosted Olympic coverage from the London, Sochi and Pyeongchang games, and reported from multiple World Series and NBA and NHL championships. Laura has worked for CNN, TNT/TBS Sports, hosted national shows on FSN and was a sideline reporter from the Orange and Fiesta BCS Bowl Games. She began her broadcasting career as a Sports Reporter/Anchor in Montgomery, AL, Chattanooga, TN and Sports Channel in Chicago, where she traveled with the Chicago Bulls during their championship run leading to an Emmy Award.

Wanting to create, develop and own content, Laura started LO Productions in 2007 producing PROfiles, a 30-minute series introducing viewers to NFL personalities off the field which aired on FSN for two seasons. She hosted the series while also serving as its Executive Producer securing VIZIO as the title sponsor, booked each guest and wrote every episode.

Laura speaks to businesses and colleges throughout the country. She also offers sought-after media training for professional athletes, coaches, NFL and MLB teams and business professionals. She is the media/communications consultant for the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association. Crafting the messaging for nearly 200 of the top professional women in hockey players in the world. She was featured in Sports Illustrated‘s 2020 list ‘The Unrelenting’ a collection of the most powerful, most influential and most outstanding women in sports.