Laura Murvartian

Arte GA Executive Director: Business professional with a focus on negotiations, business development, financial analysis, and operations.

Ms. Murvartian is a business executive, small business owner, nonprofit leader, and proud immigrant. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Arte GA, a nonprofit that supports Latino professional creatives. Prior positions include Senior Director at Equifax, Wine Director of Sales and Purchasing at WineStyles, and Director of Telecommunications and Financial Analysis at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Ms. Murvartian was recognized by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as being one of the 50 most influential Latinos in Georgia in 2018, is a graduate of the 2014 Leadership Atlanta class, and a graduate of the 2023 Atlanta Regional Commission’s Culture and Community Design Program. She is the Founder and Chair of Fiesta de Libros and GHCC’s CREAR. Her involvement in the community also includes being a board member of The Hambidge Center, a board member of the Institute of Mexican Culture, and a member of the Latin American Association’s Finance Committee. She was previously a Woodruff Arts Center Board member, a member of the 2020 Fulton County Core Services and Governance Task Force (Arts & Culture), Board Chair of GALEO, Vice-Chair of the GALEO Impact Fund, and President of the Atlanta Latina Business Women’s Association. Ms. Murvartian is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and holds a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan with a focus on International Economics. She is a graduate of Hamline University where she graduated cum laude.