“the rare consultant who brings together high level, strategic thinking with an eye for logistics and details — providing invaluable leadership and support from ideation to execution.”

lauren is a strategic communications and project management consultant for non-profit and social impact organizations, with success in delivering effective, sustainable solutions through thoughtful questioning, action-oriented planning, and purposeful communication to meet client’s ultimate objective. she helps organizations untangle complex challenges, identify clear, effective paths forward to reach a solution, and strategically communicate the efforts they are leading. lauren has experience partnering with organizations that are focused on leading change within the fields of education, gender equality, and human trafficking research.

    • develop and monitor work plans and budgets aligned to project goals

    • lead meetings to discuss progress of work and identify challenges

    • supervise the status and quality of work from other contributors

    previous projects include:

    • developed and managed plan to change weeklong in-person programming for over +300 attendees to virtual in response to COVID, with +96% participant satisfaction rating

    • developed and managed compliance and renewal documentation and submission process for charter school system

    • provide strategic communication planning for stakeholder engagement and internal communication

    • develop communication strategies and documentation for business development, brand awareness, or strategic organization initiatives

    previous projects include:

    • assess organizational strengths and challenges

    • review current organizational structures and processes to identify ways to streamline effectiveness

    • propose innovative ways for organizations to more effectively and efficiently reach their goals

    previous projects include:

    • led strategic planning process for newly established team within charter school network

    • led growing education organization through business development and growth planning

    • oversee the development and implementation of operational improvement strategies

    • facilitate training initiatives that promote best practices

    • introduce and integrate new technologies to increase effectiveness and organization

    previous projects include:

    • trained and coached the implementation of new project and event management systems

    • audited current systems and oversaw change management for more efficient communication systems and structures

lauren is a board member of the witness stones project, a non-profit organization that educates students use local primary and secondary documents to research and analyze the history of slavery within their local community, and is on the loyola university young alumni pack board. she also has experience managing teams and strategic initiatives at achievement first and warby parker. she graduated from loyola university in new orleans with a degree in journalism and african and african-american studies.