Founder of Eagle Vista Partners, LLC, Laura B. Desmond is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies and currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Smartly.io Holding Oy, Chief Executive Officer at Eagle Vista Partners, LLC, Operating Partner at Providence Equity Partners LLC and Lead Director at DoubleVerify, Inc.

She is also on the board of 5 other companies.

Laura B. Desmond previously was Chief Revenue Officer for Publicis Groupe SA Chief Executive Officer of Starcom MediaVest Group, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of MediaVest Worldwide, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Publicis Groupe SA), Chief Executive Officer for The Security Management Group of America, Inc., Director-Media Services at General Motors Corp. and Chairman for The Advertising Council, Inc.

Ms. Desmond received an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.