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Laura McHolm is the cofounder of NorthStar Moving Company. Her extensive experience and insight is based on working to disrupt a service business that lacked service in a male-dominated world. McHolm is changing the way we move by selling the “red carpet treatment.” Her fast-growing, privately-held company is the go-to mover for A-List celebrities and The Getty and has been featured in Elle Décor, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, the Robb Report and more.
On November 14, The LA Times Studios transformed LA into a hub of innovation, leadership and empowerment with the Inspirational Women Forum & Leadership Awards, presented by City National Bank. This electrifying event celebrated the remarkable achievements of women who are redefining the future of business, community and culture in Southern California.
The daytime panel discussions illuminated groundbreaking strategies and personal journeys from industry leaders:
“The Dynamic Edge and the New Economy”, led by Kristen Berke (L.A. Times Studios), delved into agility in business with panelists Nicole Auyang (City National Bank), Teni Panosian (Monday Born), and Loren Castle (Sweet Loren’s).
“Breaking Through Barriers” highlighted marketing leaders like Narine Galstian (SADA), Laura McHolm (NorthStar Moving), and Andrea Bras (Viant Technology), exploring innovative strategies in competitive industries.
The Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing’s annual Inspirational Women Leadership Awards event recognized outstanding honorees for their noteworthy successes and accomplishments during the past 24 months. NorthStar Moving’s Co-Founder & Director of Marketing Laura McHolm was a finalist in the CEO/Founder of a Professional Services Company category.
L.A. Times Studios has announced the fourth annual Inspirational Women Forum and Leadership Awards, presented by City National Bank. The event will be held at the InterContinental in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 14, and will include an afternoon of dynamic panel discussions featuring top business leaders from diverse backgrounds, culminating with a dinner and evening awards ceremony […]
Afternoon forum:
Registration and the luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon forum session kicks off at 1:30 p.m […]
“Breaking Through Barriers: Women Leading Marketing Innovation”
Top female marketing leaders will share how they’re breaking barriers, driving innovation and staying ahead in the competitive marketing world.
Andrea Bras – Vice President, Product Marketing, Viant Technology
Narine Galstian – Chief Marketing Officer, SADA
Laura McHolm – Co-Founder & Director of Marketing, NorthStar Moving Company
Moderator: Talar Malakian – Chief Marketing Officer, Phonexa
At our second annual Inspirational Women Forum & Awards, which was held on October 18 at The Beverly Hilton, we highlighted the accomplishments of outstanding women from corporations and nonprofit organizations throughout California who demonstrated noteworthy success and accomplishments over the past 24 months in 12 award categories.
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One of the few women at the helm of a moving company, Laura McHolm’s NorthStar Moving is the go-to mover for A-List celebrities, The Getty and other movers and shakers. She has single-handedly crushed the dim view consumers once held about the moving industry. McHolm coined the phrase “eco-luxury moving services” and is changing the way people move by offering the red carpet treatment. Honored with more awards for service than any other moving company, she is breaking the long-held notion of moving and storage as burly men doing one job.
NorthStar Moving contributes time, services and financial support to over two dozen community-focused charities and socially conscious organizations including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, E-Cycle Environmental, Global Green USA, Goodwill of Southern California, Habitat for Humanity, Lou Parker Project, Make-A-Wish LA and the Women In Green Forum.
An example of McHolm and her company’s philanthropic focus is the work done with the nonprofit organization Miry’s List, which crowdsources supply requests for vetted refugee families. The supplies help refugees rebuild their lives as they settle in the United States. She and her team at NorthStar Moving provide free services to store essential household items and deliver them to the new homes of the resettling families.
The Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing’s second annual Inspirational Women Forum and Awards event recognized female business leaders who have demonstrated noteworthy success and accomplishments during the last 24 months. NorthStar Moving’s Director of Marketing and Co-Founder Laura McHolm was awarded the LA Times Inspirational Women Entrepreneur & Founder of the Year 2022 in the midsize-large company category.
L.A. Times B2B Publishing held their first Inspirational Women: Forum and Awards in a virtual ceremony, held on October 26, 2021. NorthStar Moving’s Director of Marketing and Co-Founder, Laura McHolm, was among the nominees.
For their inaugural year, they received over 350 nominations in varying fields, from manufacturing to technology. The review and selection process considered several factors, including leadership within the nominee’s organization as well as contributions to the business world and the community at large.
Following the ceremony and forum panels, they released a publication in which they profiled all of the honorees and nominees and shared their inspirational stories, along with how they are redefining the roles that women play in their respective industries.
Ram Katalan, president and co-founder of NorthStar Moving Corp. in Chatsworth, uses business credit cards but is frustrated that interest rates on them rose to as much as 19% during the recession. He said he has been unable to negotiate lower rates or higher credit limits. Katalan uses his cards up to their limits to pay expenses such as hotel bills for his movers, rather than give his employees cash, then he pays the full balance, or close to it, “just to use them again the following month. It’s more of a cash card than a credit card,” Katalan said.