Laura Silva
VP, Sr Inclusive Design Lead, Bank of America
Laura Silva is a business strategist, centering inclusive design methodologies and principles as the
fulcrum factors for growth; leading by embracing who our customers are at their core. Her commitment to intersectional cultural advancement has led her to the responsibility, and fortune, of educating the next generation of what Bayard Rustin called, “angelic troublemakers.”
Laura is a Writing and Service Design graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She’s passionate to share her ideas at international design conference in Chicago, Women in Design in San Francisco, Women in Color in Tech in Houston, State of Womxn of Color in Dallas, Thought at Work in Rochester University in New York, Lehman College in the Bronx, New York, Girls Who Code and FinTech programs and many others; as well as an array of multilingual podcasts interviews and University classes focusing on intersectionality, immigration, and self-identity in tech.
IDC Host
IDC
August 23-24, 2023
Ballroom
Hosts help guide the audience through each presentation and main stage session. They skillfully navigate transitions between speakers and conduct live Q&A discussions after each presentation.