Laura Landgraf is a social activist, retreat leader, motivational speaker and the author of “The Fifth Sister.”

  1. Where did you grow up?

My longest incumbency was Ethiopia.

  1. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why?

1 Corinthians 13.

In trying to right a tilted childhood, I started here – what love should look like.

  1. What is your favorite movie? Why?

“Steel Magnolias.”

Enduring friendship, humor, love, loss and most of all courage.

  1. Who are three people you admire?

My grandmothers, Hazel Ewing and Kathleen Smith; Queen Elizabeth; and Roy Lawson, who believed me.

  1. What is one little-known fact about yourself?

I was an excellent pianist until I sustained a permanent injury to my left wrist.