Pronouns: She/Her
Lauren is a Senior Vice President with CCS Fundraising, where she supports client partnerships across Southern California and provides strategic leadership on comprehensive fundraising initiatives. Since joining the firm in 2017, Lauren brings over fifteen years of experience in strategic planning, research, and data analysis, with a particular focus on campaign design and planning, development assessments, and feasibility studies. Lauren is known for building trusted relationships with institutional leaders and advancing high-impact fundraising efforts.
Lauren has led major and principal gift strategy for several high-profile campaigns in partnership with institutional leadership, collectively representing over $750 million in philanthropic goals. In addition to her campaign work, Lauren has facilitated trainings on campaign planning and communications and leads presentations and development trainings hosted at institutions across the country.
Prior to her role at CCS, Lauren led strategic planning and fundraising initiatives via her public sector work for the City of New Bedford and City of Boston, Massachusetts. Her work focused on environmental advocacy, workforce development, and urban planning. She also contributed to housing and economic development research at two Boston-based policy labs.
Lauren holds a Master of Science in Urban Policy and Planning from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She currently resides in Long Beach, CA.
select client partners
- Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
- San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA
- University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
- Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
- University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, Burlington, VT
- University of Vermont Health Network, Burlington, VT
- San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
- New England Forestry Foundation, Boston, MA
- Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Episcopal Church of Connecticut, Meriden, CT
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Boston, MA