Laura Connelly, director of presentations for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association since 2007, oversees all non-classical presentations at the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Specializing in jazz and world music, she produced and developed KCRW's World Festival concert series, now one of the most successful annual series at the Bowl; began producing the annual Jazz at the Bowl series in 2000; and helped develop the Creative Chair for Jazz position with the LA Philharmonic. She was a Center music panelist in 2010.