Her Story
About Laurie
Laurie Hartman resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she works as a field sales representative for Omex, handling commercial cleaning contracts. She brings a strong background in infection control and clinical settings, having previously managed laparoscopic equipment for Penn State Hershey Medical Center while employed by Cardinal Health, accumulating about 15 years in the field. Laurie holds an associate's degree in marketing and merchandising from Wesley College in Dover, Delaware. Parallel to her professional career, she is an artist specializing in alcohol ink creations on Yupo paper and handmade jewelry featuring vibrant or muted tones, cabochons, and interchangeable snaps. She returned to art seriously about 12 years ago following personal changes and now sells her pieces, including her popular Mermaid 16x20 artwork, through pop-ups, a store in Dewey Beach, Delaware, and workshops that she leads to share her techniques. Laurie attributes her success to being driven and proactive in networking, and she values kindness and a strong work ethic in both her professional and personal life, often supporting causes such as the American Cancer Society.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Laurie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I'm very driven. My biggest joke is there's no shame in my game. I will randomly talk to anyone, even strangers. In my day job, if I walk into a university or campus and see a guy driving a Gator, I'll roll up and ask for the facilities guy by name to get in the door. I'm pretty good at making an impression, getting indoors, and just advertising my stuff and putting it out there in every shape, way, or form.
02What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think both in work and personal I'd say the golden rule, right? Try to treat others as you want to be treated. I try to be kind, as kind as you can be on a regular basis, because we never know what anybody else is dealing with. And you can like a perfect stranger, you could smile at them and no idea of how what kind of day they've had, but like just simply smiling or saying hi to somebody could really make a difference to them that day, so I feel strongly about that. I have a pretty strong work ethic.
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