At Seven Letter, Laurie leads client teams for Fortune 500 companies, coalitions and heavy-hitting industry associations, helping them achieve important business and policy successes through strategic communications efforts.
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Not-quite-reformed Dead Head; saw 40+ shows before we lost Jerry
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Grandmother is credited with reviving today’s thriving Charleston City Market
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Beleaguered by proof-reading proficiency; reading most Chinese take-out menus is torture
Her work spans diverse industries, including defense, health care, environment, tax and trade.
Client service is Laurie’s hallmark; three clients in her current portfolio have been with the firm and under her management for more than five years, speaking to her exemplary counsel and partnership as well as commitment to strategic, effective and creative approaches to navigating complex issues and positioning clients for success.
Before joining Seven Letter, Laurie spent nearly 15 years honing her communications and program management capabilities in the Washington, DC offices of global communications firms and business consultancies, including FTI Consulting, Burson-Marsteller, Edelman and ICF Consulting.
At FTI Consulting, Laurie served as a Senior Vice President where she guided the company’s public affairs technology and telecommunications practice. Laurie led that team in creating strategy, implementing public affairs policy outreach and spearheading social and traditional media initiatives to increase the effect of clients’ communications programs and to support critical legislative efforts.
As a Director in Burson-Marsteller’s Public Affairs practice, Laurie led and supported numerous campaigns ranging from a global industry defense on legislative and regulatory fronts to a regional emergency preparedness public awareness campaign funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
Previously, Laurie served in increasing roles of responsibility at Edelman in Washington, where she managed and implemented media relations and communications initiatives as diverse as a reputation enhancement program for a national youth organization, communications outreach during a Section 301 trade dispute and a defense manufacturer’s successful bid to continue as the sole manufacturer and supporter of a family of tactical vehicles for the U.S. Army. At ICF Consulting, Laurie provided social marketing and communications consulting for government and energy clients.
Laurie volunteers as the Joint District Commissioner of River Bend Pony Club. She lives in Del Ray in Alexandria, VA.