 laurie@psg.us
Laurie Ohmann is CEO and Co-Owner of The Public Strategies Group (PSG), a consulting firm dedicated to changing how the public sector delivers results that citizens value. Ohmann is a skilled presenter, facilitator, project planner and coach. She enjoys supporting courageous leaders from the top to the front lines of public service delivery.
Laurie’s experience spans federal, state, county, city and school district lines as well as many content areas. Most recently, she has supported Multnomah County, OR in the creation of a priority-based budget; led the New York State Dept. of Transportation’s executive team in an organization-wide transformation; assisted front-line teams in the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid develop scorecards aligning their work with agency results; designed new strategies for child support enforcement for the State of Minnesota; initiated performance management in the City of San Juan, PR; and taught customer-oriented improvement techniques to service teams in the City of Indianapolis, IN, among others.
During PSG’s tenure as Minneapolis Public School’s Superintendent, Laurie served on the leadership team and led the policy development for the creation of both community and magnet schools, created service agreements between central office staff and their customers and coached key administrators. Her reflections on this experience, Teaching a School System How to Learn, were published in Education Week (May 8, 1996).
Laurie previously served as the Executive Director of the Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services. The $43 million state agency, which provides victim restitution and grants to local victim service providers, had been reorganized for the second time in 18 months when Ohmann took the helm. Laurie’s leadership brought a vision for service that resulted in a culture oriented to performance. Previously, she managed a homeless shelter and worked in inner city single-family housing development.
Laurie studied at the International Preparatory Institute in Budapest, Hungary following her undergraduate work in Political Science. She earned a Master of Planning degree from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. She serves on the board of Cornerstone, a non-profit organization committed to preventing violence and supporting victims of domestic abuse. |
