Laura Miele

As President of EA Entertainment & Central Development, Laura leads the key components of EA’s portfolio of licensed and owned IP games, as well as the player experience, with best-in-class creative content and industry-leading technology. In this role, she combines nearly 30 years of creative, strategic, and operational capabilities with relentless curiosity to deliver the highest quality products & experience for EA gamers. Laura has the utmost respect for the developers who bring games to life, which she believes are the highest form of entertainment (known to man.)

Laura has a proven track record of inspiring and developing creative teams at scale, delivering business results, and leading transformational change. Her passion for games, pop-culture, and storytelling, along with her extensive relationships with strategic partners has seen her drive long-term growth across the business. She has played a key role in the successful execution of several complex structural transformations at EA over the past decade, including leading the company’s transformation to digital delivery, expanding into new consumer demographics, and actively growing EA’s player network. She also has broad international experience overseeing commercial, creative, and central technology teams in European, North American, LATAM, China, and Greater AsiaPac markets.

Prior to taking on the role of President of EA Entertainment in 2023, Laura served as COO. Laura has also served as Chief Studios Officer and executive vice president of Global Publishing, overseeing publishing and customer experience, and senior vice president of Global Marketing. In 2013, she was named General Manager of the Star Wars business, where she spearheaded EA's Star Wars partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney and worked to develop a long-term vision for the collaboration and nurture a dedicated fanbase and engaged community.

Laura is passionate about increasing the number of opportunities for women and underrepresented talent, leading EA’s efforts to advance representation across the company and its games. Laura founded the EA Women’s Ultimate Team Employee Resource Group to promote gender diversity and equality inside and outside the organization and an inclusion framework as part of the game development process leading to EA setting industry standards for representation in games. 

Laura has been recognized by Variety as a leader in gaming and on the Variety 500. She was on AdAge’s “Women to Watch” and “30 Most Powerful Women in Sports” lists, as well as San Francisco Business Times “Most Influential Women in Business.” 

Laura Miele has served as a member of the On Board of Directors and member of the audit committee since May 2024, and previously served as a board consultant from August 2023 through April 2024. In 2022, she was appointed as a Governor of the British Film Institute. She is also a member of the Paley Media Council, a member of the NAACP Entertainment Advocacy Council, an Advisory Board Member for The Game Awards, and previously served on the board of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.