About Laura James

Laura is CVEP's CEO, and is also a sports fanatic, music lover, and consumer technology junkie. With an undergraduate degree in education, certificates in economic development, nonprofit management, and information systems management, and an M.B.A., she helps tech founders prove that business has the power to make the world an amazing place. Laura is the only Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) in the Coachella Valley.

How Greater Palm Springs Celebrates Innovation Month

By |2019-03-26T09:42:45-07:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Innovation, News|Tags: , , , |

Greater Palm Springs is a pretty exciting place to live, and certain times of the year are even more exciting than others. Spring is one of those times. Wildflowers are blooming (please, don’t trample them); some of the region’s biggest events are happening (BNP Paribas Open just wrapped up, Desert X is in full swing, [...]

7 Takeaways From CVEP’s Sustainability Forum: USMC & The Environment

By |2019-03-19T13:53:37-07:00March 18th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

While it may be commonplace in Twentynine Palms, it’s not often that we get a presentation by a uniformed Marine in Greater Palm Springs. But at our Sustainability Forum on March 13, we were lucky enough to have Maj. David Tran, Director of Environmental Affairs at MCAGCC as our guest speaker. He shared the most [...]

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