Laurie Weaver

Laurie Weaver is the Vice President of Marketing and Philanthropy at Monarch, a nonprofit behavioral health and long-term services provider in North Carolina. In this role, Weaver builds and maintains brand awareness and loyalty and oversees Monarch’s marketing, communications, community engagement and philanthropic fundraising initiatives. She manages a team of creative and engaged professionals who raise awareness and understanding of the people, programs, services and mission of Monarch.

Weaver joined Monarch in 2013 as the Director of Grants and Foundation Relations and moved into the role of Senior Director of Philanthropy. During her tenure in fundraising at Monarch, she successfully secured the organization’s first private, six-figure grant, Monarch’s first facility naming gift and the organization's first multi-million dollar, multi-year federal grant.

Prior to joining Monarch, she held marketing, communications and program management roles with Our State magazine and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.