“We are advocates, we are mentors, we are neighbors, we are friends, we are fellow co-workers.” Those are all roles Laurie feels are deeply important ones that Ollie Webb Center, Inc. fulfills for families. Her life journey has been tightly interwoven with the organization—two of her siblings benefitted from the programs offered and her parents were among the first “Pilot Parents.”

So it seemed destined that an organization that has meant so much to her family would be where she would land. She has served as the Executive Director since 2003, when she led the merger of The Arc of Omaha and Career Solutions, Inc. into what Ollie Webb Center, Inc. is today.
When she’s not championing the families she works with, she enjoys theater, movies, reading, traveling, and, most importantly, spending time with her family, which includes her son, David. Incidentally, she has a cat named Oliver (named after Ollie because he was a stray found at the center).