Elected Experience: State Representative; Appropriations, Health Care & Wellness, and Judiciary (Chair) Committee

Other Professional Experience: Director of Organizational Initiatives, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department; former Assistant Secretary, Washington Department of Health; former Assistant Attorney General

Education: JD, Seattle University Law School; MA, Business/Health Care Administration and BA, Management/Marketing, University of Wisconsin

Community Service: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Board; Fair Housing Washington Board; Former Tacoma Community College Trustee; Tacoma Community House Board; American Leadership Forum Board; YWCA Board; Puget Sound Business Examiner 2007 Woman of Influence; Governor's Award for Leadership in Management. Laurie lives in Tacoma with her wife, Laura Wulf, and their son.

Statement: Representing you, I have worked every day to make progress on our shared values. Our kids deserve to have education fully funded. It's the key to Washington's economic future. Mental illness isn't a character flaw, it's a treatable illness. Everyone should pay their fair share of taxes. Transgender people should not be discriminated against. Your race and zip code should not govern your access to justice or how healthy you will be. Affordable housing stabilizes lives and communities. I will continue to work hard on these issues and many others. Thank you for returning me to a job I love.