Laurie Ossman was recently appointed as Director of Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House, a National Trust Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, and will be starting on August 1. Laurie has a broad background in preservation, historic site management and architectural history and most recently served as the Deputy Director at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. Her previous positions include Chief Curator, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach (Florida), and Curator and Restoration Project Manager, Ca d’Zan, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota (Florida). She also served in a variety of research and curatorial capacities at The Maryland Historical Society, the HABS/HAER Division of the National Park Service and the Preservation Office of the Old Executive Office Building.
Laurie has a Ph.D and a Masters degree in American Architectural History from the University of Virginia, where she interned at Monticello, and an undergraduate degree from Brown University. She is presently completing a book on the historic homes of the South.
