As an award-winning artist/designer, life coach and leadership trainer for over 25 years, Laurie (BA, CPCC) loves helping individuals and businesses find insights into their personal challenges and opportunities through conversations with museum art. Besides doing work at major museums on the east and west coasts, she's led workshops at Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Medtronic, Target Corporation, Adler School of Coaching, Children's Hospital Minneapolis, National Alliance on Mental Illness, St. Paul’s Monastery, Minnesota Jung Association, New England Museum Association, and the American Alliance of Museums. She’s a contributing writer to the book, "An Empathy-Building Toolkit for Museums," edited by Elif Gokcigdem, PhD, publishing in 2026 by the American Alliance of Museums/Rowman & Littlefield.