Laura S. Peabody, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Mass General Brigham. Laura received a law degree from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University’s Harpur College. Before joining Mass General Brigham she had been Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at Northwell Health in New York. Prior to her career at Northwell, Laura served as Chief Legal Officer for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where she managed legal, internal audit, compliance, policy and government affairs, real estate and the organization’s Medicare strategy. In addition, she was chair of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. Previously, she was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., where she was responsible for all legal matters relating to corporate operations. She began her legal career as an Associate at McDonough, Marcus, Cohn & Tretter, PC in Manhattan, and at Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston. Currently Laura is responsible for the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of Government Affairs at Mass General Brigham.