Celebrating our new CEO and additional team promotions.
This week we announced that Janna Gilbert has been named our new CEO. Sara Holoubek, who founded the company in 2009 and was CEO through 2025, will serve as Founding Partner and Executive Advisory. Since joining the company in 2013, Janna has played a leading role in evolving Luminary Labs’ service offering, strengthening team growth and development, deepening relationships with clients, and supporting strategic business expansion. As Partner and CEO, Janna will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the company across all of its functions, focus areas, and capabilities.
Sara will continue to serve as a Partner on client engagements and internal initiatives; she will also offer executive advisory services to help senior leaders make confident decisions in the face of change and uncertainty. Janna and Sara will continue to be Partners and equity owners of our proudly independent firm. Read the full announcement for more about this exciting leadership transition. See more reflections and community reactions to Janna’s LinkedIn post announcing her appointment and Sara’s post about this new beginning.
This leadership transition ushers in an exciting new chapter for Luminary Labs. In addition to our new CEO, we’re announcing a slate of January promotions.
Celebrating recent promotions
Logan Cummings joined Luminary Labs in 2021 and has been promoted to Director. He leads client engagements across our scientific discovery, infrastructure, and future of work and education focus areas. He has provided critical support to MagQuest, working with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop magnetic measurement solutions for the World Magnetic Model 2030. He has also helped identify and fund multidimensional infrastructure solutions for the Learning Landscapes Challenge and guides the NASA TechLeap challenges to advance space technologies through rapid testing. In addition to client work, Logan plays an invaluable role in firm recruiting and internal knowledge sharing.
Anna Pierce joined Luminary Labs in 2023 and has been promoted to Design Manager. Anna works across client engagements and Luminary Labs’ own thought leadership to translate goals, aspirations, and emotions into tangible assets, such as visual identity systems, data visualizations, and websites. She has led visual and experience design for multi-million dollar innovation challenges including the Learning Landscapes Challenge and leads design for numerous internal initiatives and reporting projects. Anna is a champion for digital accessibility across the company.
Greg Remsen joined Luminary Labs in 2024 and has been promoted to Engagement Manager. As a Senior Associate, Greg played a key role designing the AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge on behalf of the Bezos Earth Fund and provides support for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Mission Daybreak. In this new role, Greg will leverage his experience in climate and energy to support ambitious programs across our focus areas.
Photo by Jeffrey Czum.