LAwS Communications

Lauri Stevens is an interactive media professional with over 25 years of media experience and is the founder and principal consultant with LAwS Communications.

Most recently, she was the Department Chair of Web Design & Interactive Media at The New England Institute of Art (NEiA) in Boston, a position she held for eleven years. During her tenure at NEiA she has written several bachelor's programs, served on NEASC accreditation review committees and visiting teams, and chaired several groups to further the college's mission.

Lauri is passionate about the Internet, the web, social media and helping law enforcement leverage these tools to help them do their jobs, connect with their communities, and promote their departments. Having used the net since the mid-80s, before the web existed, makes her one of the first fraction of a 1% of people in the world on the net.

She has an MBA in eBusiness from Bentley University, an MS in Mass Communication/Communication Technology from Boston University, and a BA in Political Science from Clemson University.

Lauri's professional memberships include:

• Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) - Subscribing
• Police Futurists International (PFI) - Professional
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• National Sheriff's Association (NSA)
• International Social Media Association (ISMA) - Platinum
• Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX) -Educational