Laura Schoen
Chief Healthcare Officer, TWSC & Chair, LATAM
How long have you worked at Weber Shandwick?
24 years
In five words or less, how would you describe your
Weber Shandwick colleagues?
Innovative global and local leaders motivated by excellence.
What is the best restaurant / your favorite meal
in New York?
Living in Chelsea, I walk to restaurants nearby.
Untitled, Le Coq Rico and the vegetarian restaurant
at Eataly are among the ones I visit frequently,
but I also enjoy eating at Gentleman-Farmer when
I am in Brooklyn.
What is something people may not know about you?
My interest in continuous improvement and acquiring
new skills. I take piano lessons, train with a great
ping pong master and improve my swimming skills with
a trainer.
What’s your passion outside of the workplace?
What are three things it has taught you that
transfers to the office?
My family. Sharing their moments of happiness and
suffering has taught me a lot about human resilience
and made me a more hopeful and optimistic human being.
Art/Creation – I love books, movies, exhibits, plays,
concerts.. I bring to the office new ideas that can be
leveraged to address a client’s problem and an enormous
respect for the creativity process.
Traveling – I am fortunate to have a multinational
family and to have visited many interesting places.
What I have gained is a sense of perspective. I
cannot impose my view on others and I need to try
to see things through their eyes.
What’s the coolest (or weirdest) place a project
has taken you?
Early in my career, I was the publicist for a German
movie production in Ouro Preto, Brazil. The city is a
UNESCO protected colonial town, known for its baroque
churches, romantic bridges and fountains and winding
cobbled streets.
The movie’s leading actress was the
daughter of Cecilia Meireles, a renowned poet who
wrote a book about the place. She and I would walk
around the city while she recited her mother’s poems
about each location. It was an unforgettable experience.
Choose to do something you love with purpose and strive to make a difference.
Laura Schoen
