
Laura
Cook
Vice President
Operations
Laura Cook has more than twenty-five years of financial, program, and administrative management experience working within municipal and county governments and with architectural and engineering firms.
Ms. Cook possesses extensive expertise in program and construction management, including internal controls, project accounting, and contract compliance. She is highly skilled in managing administrative personnel and processes. Bringing an in-depth knowledge of governmental office structures to municipal service projects, Ms. Cook has been integral to the start-up of several multi-million-dollar capital improvement programs.

Projects
Support Services
Jacobs Engineering Group
General Engineering Consultant
GDOT Major Mobility Investment Program
I-285 East and West Express Lanes Project
Responsible for providing support services on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Mentoring Plan and Program. Prepared DBE Mentoring Plan and is responsible for developing training and workshops, participating in PMC DBE events representing the Jacobs Team, and reporting. Oversees JAT staff performing subconsultant invoice reviews for the prime compilation invoice.
Financial Controls
AvAirPros
Program Management Services
Delta Airlines
Sky Club Concourse D - HJAIA
Oversees JAT staff providing financial controls services to AvAirPros. Directly responsible for monitoring, tracking, and reporting participation in project diversity goals. Services include managing invoice/audit review process; tracking/reporting on use of allowances, contingencies, and unassigned scope; assistance with change orders and monitoring project invoices; compiling vendor/contractor costs; and managing document control functions.
Invoice Compliance Processes
Jacobs/Russell Joint Venture
MARTA Centralized Program Management Organization (CPMO)
Assisted in development and implementation of on-line invoicing (OLIS) system and accompanying procedures. Overseeing JAT staff providing support services that include maintaining a solid internal control process; accurate invoice reviews that ensure proper documentation, contract compliance, funding availability, and timely turnaround; preparation of status reports; and compilation of invoice data for financial controls and reporting.
Project Management Support Services
AECOM
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
Transportation Investment Act (TIA) Program
Oversees JAT’s project management support services to AECOM, Program Manager for the TIA Program, which includes over 832 improvement projects to provide huge benefits to communities within three regions of Georgia. JAT services include administration of all invoicing and contracts and a wide variety of administration support responsibilities. JAT is an integral part of successful intergovernmental coordination and transparency
Invoice Compliance Management
HNTB Corporation
Program Management Consultant
GDOT Major Mobility Investment Program
Oversees JAT’s support services to HNTB under their GDOT Office of Innovative Program Delivery (OID) Program Management Consultant contract. Services include invoice compliance management, including internal controls, contract compliance, and processing of all appropriate, funded invoices within an efficient time frame.
Financial Management and Document Control
AvAirPros
Financial Management Services
Delta Airlines
Tacoma International Airport, Seattle
Oversees JAT staff providing financial management and document control services to AvAirPros. Services include managing invoice/audit review process; tracking/reporting on use of allowances, contingencies, and unassigned scope; assistance with change orders and monitoring project invoices; compiling vendor/contractor costs; managing document control functions; monitoring and tracking participation in project diversity goals; and assistance with project budgetary, diversity tracking, and prevailing wage reports.
Project Administration Support Services
Gresham Smith
Construction Management Team
Big Creek WRF Expansion Project
Fulton County
Department of Public Utilities
Responsible for the JAT staff providing services, includingmanagement of submittal review process, general correspondence and project records assistance, maintenance of county’s PCM software in regard to contract administration, file maintenance, project material production, and meeting administrative support.

Education
ICMA Mid-Career Managers Institute
DeKalb Community College

Affiliations
2023-2024 Treasurer
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS)