Laura K. Rose
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Laura K. Rose is a passionate youth empowerment specialist who has dedicated her life to the development and support of youth in leadership through her work in cultural exchange, purpose work, mentoring, public speaking, and philanthropy. She is Co-founder and former CEO of Greenheart International which has facilitated the cultural exchange experiences of 200,000 participants from more than 100 countries since its inception. She’s also Co-Founder of Purpose Earth, dedicated to activating and mentoring worldwide grassroots projects that provide creative solutions to community challenges.
Her most recent passion is serving as a Co-Creator of the Holomovement dedicated to aligning purpose and unifying values to serve the greatest good.
In 1995, she co-founded Fundacion por el Futuro in Spain, devoted to the creation of environmental and educational programs for American and Spanish youth and has been a key supporter of the growth and mission of the Casita Verde, an educational eco-center in Ibiza showcasing sustainable living and renewable energy, which is visited by hundreds of school children and adults each year.
An experienced public speaker, she has facilitated public speaking workshops for youth, done podcasts, and been a panelist and keynote speaker in numerous forums around the globe. For more than 20 years she worked with members of the U.S. Department of State, community leaders and international representatives to further the causes of public diplomacy and mutual understanding serving as a liaison between the private and public sectors
Laura is a recipient of the 2023 Visioneers Heroines of Humanity Award and is co-recipient of Unity Earth’s Keeper of the Flame Award in 2021 and the George and Annie Leonard Lifetime Service Award in 2025. She received the Barbara Marx Hubbard Award for Innovation with her husband, Emanuel Kuntzelman, in 2015. Her current special passion is acting as a mentor and friend to exceptional young people in several countries in Africa, the Caribbean and South America.
Laura was recently invited to become a board member of Choose Love Movement, nurturing safer and more loving communities, schools and prisons, and is also honored to be a member of the Evolutionary Leaders. Highly dedicated to her work with She is the Universe, a girls empowerment platform giving voice to young women around the globe, Laura has served as the chair of their board of directors since 2020.
Fluent in Spanish, with a strong working knowledge of French, she divides her time between Sedona, Arizona and Madrid, Spain.