Lauri began her career in financial services in 1986 in securities processing operations. Since then, she has worked in several capacities, including sales assistant, top-producing financial advisor, branch director, complex director and now complex director emeritus and senior managing director of RBC Wealth Management’s Lilydale location. Her vast knowledge of the inner workings of various roles within the financial system gives her unique benefits in her role as a manager and coach in supporting dedicated financial advisors in their client-first integrity and responsible wealth management. Her areas of impact include championing RBC’s FA-Client centric culture, mentoring financial advisors with a growth mindset, strategic problem-solving, inclusive leadership and high-end financial advisor recruitment in Minnesota.
Lauri has served on RBC’s fixed income advisory council, complex director advisory council and as president of the Women’s Association of Financial Advisors.
Lauri’s past honors include annual recognition as a member of the Chairman’s or President’s Councils of RBC Wealth Management, which honor the top financial advisors for attaining the highest level of excellence and productivity while maintaining a record of superior customer service. Other awards include the ATHENA Award in recognition of her encouragement, leadership and advancement of women in financial services and the community, RBC’s national diversity in the workplace award recipient as a branch director, and RBC Wealth Management’s Gail Winslow Award for exemplary efforts to attract, support and retain women clients and financial advisors. Most recently, she was the national complex director recipient of the award for diversity in the workplace in 2023.
Outside of work, Lauri is an avid skier. Since 1990 she has been a senior-level patroller of the National Ski Patrol where she also trains patrollers in first aid. She loves to golf and has been a member of the LPGA Amateurs Golf Association since 2000.
The foundation of RBC Wealth Management’s culture is a client-centered approach that empowers financial advisors to truly serve the needs of their clients. RBC Wealth Management supports the entrepreneurial spirit of their financial advisors with a very flat organizational chart, eliminating barriers to success and providing extensive global resources.
