Laura Conneely is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Institutional Client Solutions group in New York. Since joining Blackstone over 10 years ago, Laura has been involved in a variety of initiatives across the Firm. In July 2017, she transitioned to help cultivate Blackstone’s relationships with U.S. based family offices, RIAs, endowments & foundations. She partners with these pools of capital on liquid and illiquid alternatives solutions across Blackstone, including co-invests. Prior to this role, she was responsible for performing diligence for Blackstone’s hedge fund solutions business and evaluating hedge fund managers across the United States, Latin America and Europe. She has also been responsible for product structuring and legal due diligence.

Ms. Conneely earned her BS degree from Duke University.