Laurie founded Beckelman+Capalino with James Capalino in 2005 in response to strong demand from arts, cultural and historic preservation clients to provide high quality strategic planning and project management services.

Prior to founding Beckelman+Capalino, Laurie served as the Director of the New Building Program for the Museum of Art & Design at Columbus Circle.  Previously, she was Deputy Director for Special Projects for the Guggenheim Foundation, where she was responsible for the proposed Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum at Wall Street and the East River in Manhattan. Laurie served as the Vice President for the World Monuments Fund, a private, global, not-for-profit organization founded in response to the accelerating destruction of important artistic treasures throughout the world. She was the Executive Director of The Joseph Papp Public Theater and Vice President of LaSalle Partners, where she managed the plan for the redevelopment of Grand Central Terminal, and advised the Empire State Development Corporation on the redevelopment of 42nd Street. Laurie was appointed Chair and Commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission by Mayor David N. Dinkins and continued as Chair under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.  Before that she was Executive Director of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

Ms. Beckelman was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and now serves as a member of the GSD’s Alumni Council. She studied for a Master’s degree from New York University’s Graduate School of Public Administration, and received her Bachelor of Arts and Science from Boston University.  She is a member of numerous boards of directors including Performa, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, and the Advisory Council for the New York Landmarks Conservancy.