Laman, a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management, has 14 years of experience in hospitality operations management within hotels, restaurants and catering companies throughout New England. Highlights in her professional career include senior management positions with the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA, Dalya's Restaurant in Bedford, MA, The Sheraton Hotel in Nashua, NH, C.R. Sparks in Bedford, NH and, most recently, as Hospitality Account Executive with a personnel recruitment firm.

Ms. Laman is a member of the NH Lodging and Restaurant Association. She is a member of the Southern New Hampshire University Hospitality School Advisory Board, Chairman of the Manchester "S.O.S., Taste of the Nation" event and is a guest speaker for both Southern New Hampshire University and Boston University's hospitality curriculum. She is also a frequently invited speaker at industry trade shows and expositions.