Laura joined the Foundation in the summer of 2015 and managed the Foundation’s individual giving programs. She now works on the Foundation’s capital campaign and serves as the main point-of-contact for the Foundation’s Board of Directors, Trustees Council, and is working to launch the Foundation’s planned giving program.

Prior to working at the Foundation, Laura served as Membership Director of UNA-USA at the UN Foundation.  Laura helped develop a youth membership program that doubled the association’s membership over a two-year period. Laura loves to cook and is quickly building a large cookbook collection. She is an avid ceramicist and spends her weekends in a pottery studio. Laura holds a Master of Arts in Arts Management from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts in History and American Studies from St. Olaf College in her home state of Minnesota.