Laura DeMarco joined NCA as Managing Director of Marketing in July 2023. Prior to joining NCA, Laura spent 13 years at Nicholas Investment Partners where she was a Partner and Director of Client Service and Marketing. She previously worked for 18 years at Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management as a Partner spearheading public fund client service and marketing in addition to working with endowments, foundations, financial institutions, Taft-Harley plans, family offices, and their consultants.

Her experience includes serving on boards and investment committees as Secretary of the $9B San Diego County Employees Retirement Association as an appointee of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors; Chair of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Del Mar Foundation; Vice Chair of the YMCA of San Diego County investment committee; Treasurer of the San Diego Historical Society; and member of the investment and collections committees of the San Diego Museum of Art. As an early supporter of the Toigo Foundation, she mentored Toigo Fellows pursuing careers in investment management. She currently serves on the 100 Women in Finance Global FundWomen Week Committee and as chair of the city of Del Mar’s Finance Committee.

Laura graduated from the University of San Diego and earned certificates from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Advanced Portfolio Management and Alternative Investments. She has over 30 years of experience in institutional marketing, client service, consultant relations, and product development in equity, fixed income, international, global and alternative strategies.