About our Commencement Speaker Laural Ziemba is the director of public affairs at Range Resources, where she is responsible for directing the company’s public outreach efforts, including Range’s corporate partners program and local government initiatives. Ziemba and her team represent Range through working relationships with the communities in which the company operates. Ziemba has spent the large majority of her career in the energy industry, holding similar positions at other Pittsburgh region energy exploration and production companies. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Southwest Corner Workforce Development Board, the Redevelopment Authority of Washington County, the Washington County Chamber of Commerce and Washington Health System. Ziemba also holds a position on the finance council for both the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Washington County 2000 Turkeys Food Drive Campaign. In 2016, she was the recipient of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce Young Athena Award, and in 2015, she was a recipient of the Pittsburgh Business Times Women in Energy Leadership Award. Ziemba holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Duquesne University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Waynesburg University. She lives in Cecil Township with her husband, Chad, and nine-year-old daughter, Leah.
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