Laura serves as the Green City Coalition Program Manager for the St. Louis Development Corporation. The Green City Coalition is a partnership between the Missouri Department of Conservation, the City of St. Louis, St. Louis Development Corporation, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District - working with member organizations and residents to convert concentrations of vacancy to new community green space amenities. She also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer for Geographic Information Science at the Washington University in St. Louis. Laura received her B.A. and B.S. from Central Washington University and has her M.Sc. from Oxford Brookes University.