Laura Hope Gammell-Ibañez

Laura Hope Gammell-Ibañez is GMF’s corporate secretary and chief of staff. She supports GMF President Heather A. Conley, oversees the relationship with the organization’s board of trustees, and contributes to GMF’s analyses of the transatlantic relationship, especially those on German-US relations.

Gammell-Ibañez previously worked as a private consultant for small US businesses active in European markets and, before that, as a professional equestrian on the US east coast and in Germany.

She holds a master’s degree in European and Eurasian Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School for International Affairs a bachelor’s degree in German studies from Connecticut College. She is a 2019 recipient of the Marshall Award for Excellence and speaks fluent German.