Laura Baron serves as the operational and financial backbone of SDS Capital Group, where she was recently elevated to Chief Operating Officer while retaining her Chief Financial Officer duties. Since joining in 2009, Baron has been a primary architect of the firm's growth into a preeminent impact fund manager with nearly $2 billion in assets under management.

She notably engineered the SDS Advantage Platform, which generated critical revenue during the economic downturn by bringing in over $850 million in third-party investments. Baron also developed the internal infrastructure for the National New Markets Fund, LLC, overseeing the investment of federal tax credits into low-income communities.

A CPA with over two decades of experience, she combines technical wizardry with a mission-driven focus on education, serving as a founding board member for charter schools. Her ability to pivot between strategic capital deployment and rigorous regulatory compliance has been instrumental in SDS’s national success.