Laurin Hodge
Mission: Launch Inc Executive Director
Laurin Hodge often says she did not pick prison - prison picked her. It was the unexpected incarceration of her mother, which motivated her to craft a social entrepreneurial career. As the President of Mission: Launch she envisions the elimination of the social stigma returning citizens face upon release from prison or jail. In order to reach this vision she works as a mother-daughter team with Teresa Hodge to build community coalitions and software so that the complex prison re-entry process is simplified. Laurin serves as the millennial vision keeper and ensures an innovative, systems level approach is applied. She has earned professional certificates in Leadership Development for Minority Managers as well as Competitive Intelligence from The Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business. She expects to complete her Masters of Science degree in Information Systems in 2016.