Laurie Blavin
Builder and Manager of creative and technical teams in the VFX industry
Laurie’s career spans the culture, creativity, and technology of both Hollywood and Silicon Valley. As a proven leader with expertise in building and managing creative and technical teams, she counsels companies and professionals, alike, in strategy, brand value stewardship, and full-cycle staffing and recruiting for international companies large and small, startup and established. She’s passionate about humanizing the technology side of organizations while supporting the seeming chaos that sometimes accompanies visionary innovation. On the VFX and Entertainment front she has work at or for Dreamworks Animation, The Orphanage, Scanline VFX, MPS, and Technicolor. Prior to focusing on VFX, she worked at AOL, Vivid Studios, walmart.com and Blurb. Away from work, Laurie is a collector and curator of fine photography and spends the time behind the camera on personal projects.
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Tashlich: Casting off and Building Community
Every year, I spend Tashlich at the beach basking in the sounds of jazz, bag pipers and horns – in addition to the Shofar. It’s a tradition that I started with friends years ago when I truly needed community. And this year, after spending so much time apart, we all need community more than ever. This unique tradition, now shared with Reboot and the JCCSF and drawing crowds of hundreds, began in the spring of 1996.