New Trustee Laura Mullen '97
 

Laura (Salyards-Fryberger) Mullen ’97 is one of the four co-founder/owners of the Bent Paddle Brewing Co. of Duluth, MN and acts as the Vice President of Outreach + Marketing for the company. She focuses on the brewery’s marketing, media and community relations, event coordination, sustainability initiatives, and charitable efforts. Laura is married to fellow Bent Paddle Brewing Co. co-founder/owner Colin Mullen, and they have a daughter, Adella, a dog named Hilde, and many beloved Siamese cats.

Prior to opening the brewery in 2013, Laura was the owner and primary event designer of Laura Mullen Event Design in Minneapolis where she also acted as Guild Coordinator for her largest client, the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild. Laura was born and raised in Duluth. She completed her B.A. in Behavioral Science & Law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and worked as an event planner in Savanna, Georgia and Minneapolis before starting her event design company in 2004.

Laura has a long history of volunteerism and board leadership primarily in the areas of environmental stewardship, progressive reproductive healthcare, the arts and small business associations, and was notably the first female board President of the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild.