As a Founder of ThinkGenetic, Inc., Dawn Laney is responsible for directing the inclusion of genetic disease information and making important connections to those in the genetic field. Laney received her Master’s degree in Human Genetics/Genetic Counseling from Sarah Lawrence College in 1999 and her Board certification from the American Board of Genetic Counseling in 2002. Since joining the Emory Division of Medical Genetics in 2002, Laney has been involved in follow-up of abnormal metabolic newborn screening for the state of Georgia, development and management of a genetic infusion center, and lysosomal storage disease clinical care and research. She is currently the Program Leader for the Emory Lysosomal Storage disease center and Director of the Emory Genetic Clinical Trial Center. She serves on the Emory biomedical Institutional Review Board (IRB) committee and is instructor for the Developmental Biology and Human Malformation course at Emory University. In 2016, she was awarded an NORD Rare Impact Honoree. She has published six books about communicating information about genetic conditions to kids and their families.