"Lots to do — but that's what I like": an interview with Anne Laurent

A Boomtown Q+A with incoming Los Alamos County Manager Anne Laurent

Published 2/20/2024

Interview by Stephanie Nakhleh, Sam McRae, and Minesh Bacrania

Photographs by Minesh Bacrania

Note: this interview has been edited for length and clarity.

On January 30, 2024, Boomtown invited Anne Laurent, who on March 1, 2024 will move from Deputy County Manager to County Manager, for a wide-ranging discussion about some key issues facing Los Alamos, particularly housing and development.

Anne Laurent will become the County Manager for Los Alamos on March 1, 2024.

Anne Laurent: Well, first of all, your first few articles were wonderful.

Boomtown: Thank you very much, and thanks for being here, we really appreciate your time. Our first question is: how do you say your name?

Anne [laughs]: It’s Anne la-RENT. I welcome the French pronunciation but that's not how the family pronounces it. 

What are you excited about with this new position?

I have a lot of mixed feelings going on about this new position, but what I’m most excited about is that I very much care about Los Alamos …