OPEN MINDS Consultants & Advisors

Laura Rudisill
Researcher, OPEN MINDS

Areas of Expertise

Laura Rudisill, Researcher, has been a member of the consulting practice at OPEN MINDS for a number of years. Laura has been the lead on market research for dozens of OPEN MINDS’ engagements. In this role, she has conducted literature reviews, designed and executed survey research (mail, fax, telephone, and interview), and compiled extensive information dossiers via web research. The topics of Ms. Rudisill’s market research include estimation of market demand for services, identification of market competitors and competitive market metrics, and the creation of databases of acquisition targets.

In addition to her expertise in market research, Ms. Rudisill has been responsible for project management and meeting management for a number of initiatives for OPEN MINDS’ clients. Most notably, she served as the manager of the OPEN MINDS National Task Force on Consumer Access to Emerging Neurotechnologies, which gave her the responsibility of managing logistics for the advisory board and producing meeting materials. Laura is also the project leader on the collection of evaluation data for a multi-year mental health jail diversion program funded through a Federal grant.

Over the past few years, Ms. Rudisill has also participated in dozens of projects related to the development of specifications for software functionality and the selection of software vendors. She has developed protocols for using functionality specifications to develop requests for proposals and for evaluating vendor proposals. Ms. Rudisill is a Gettysburg native and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.