President and CEO, Group Health Community Foundation
Vice President for Community Responsibility, Group Health Cooperative
Laura Rehrmann is President and CEO of the Group Health Community Foundation and Vice President for Community Responsibility for Group Health Cooperative. Rehrmann has been with Group Health since 1997, when she joined as Vice President of Development of the Foundation, Group Health’s philanthropic arm. In 1999, she completed the leadership phase of the Foundation’s first endowment campaign, which raised $8.7 million. She became CEO and president in 2000.
The Foundation awards grants to organizations throughout Washington serving children and teen’s health needs. It administers teen health centers in 6 Seattle Public Schools and has a team of health educators who travel the state working with teachers on nutrition and physical activity curriculum for middle school students. The Foundation also supports health delivery and research at Group Health.
Rehrmann has worked for Meany Hall for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington ; Catholic Community Services of King County, and was Executive Director of the Seattle Central Community College Foundation. She serves the Rainier Club board, the Washington Health Foundation board, Leadership Tomorrow, and is Program chair for Seattle 4 Rotary. She is currently chair of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy representing healthcare development professionals in the US , Canada and Australia . She earned her M.A. in Not-for-Profit Executive Leadership from Seattle University , is a Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and a Certified Fund Raising Executive.
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Seattle, WA 98101 
