Laurie is an impact investment banker, board member, and active contributor to the impact investing industry. She is CEO of Courageous Capital Advisors, LLC, an impact investing advisory firm providing targeted strategy, transaction, and governance services. Laurie has been advancing gender lens investing for many years as an ally, advisor, and field builder.

She serves as a non-executive director of British International Investment (formerly known as CDC (the UK DFI), SIFEM, the development finance institution of the Swiss Confederation, and Lendable, a global fintech lender. She is an Impact Advisor to the Future Fund of private equity firm EQT and a founding partner of Mondiale Impact which puts impact at the heart of 21st century governance. Laurie serves as Global Ambassador to the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing is a member of the Advisory Council of the UK Impact Investing Institute, and was a long-standing member of the Gender Smart Advisory Council. She is a Senior Fellow and Advisory Council member of Casei3 at the Fuqua Business School and also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Laurie has a JD from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.