Nora Lahl

Nora is the COO of Lightburn, a Milwaukee-based digital agency where she has spent 15 of her over 20 years in the industry. She started her career as a print production artist and made the leap from picas to pixels early, joining Lightburn as a project manager before moving into strategy and eventually operations.

Nora studied PR and philosophy at Marquette University. The combination stuck, a practical client-service orientation balanced by a habit of asking tough questions for the sake of getting to the heart of a problem.
At Lightburn, Nora focuses on enabling people to do their best work. She manages the team and leads the agency's internal evolution, whether that means rolling out a new service, building a new role, or pushing until a process actually works. She values open, candid communication and knows that sometimes sweating the small stuff can have a real impact on the big picture.

Nora previously hosted Lightburn's podcast, Beyond the Cart. She has also volunteered with the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Humane Society. Outside of work she is an avid biker and quilter, and once nailed a perfect batch of croissants on the first try, which she considers one of her greater accomplishments.

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