Lauren is the Chief Marketing Officer for Rise Literary, a hybrid publisher and book coaching company.She has spent the past 25 years working in sales, fundraising, and marketing through various industries, realizing that the most powerful part of a storied work history is the wide variety of human connection.

In 2025 Lauren was the co-producer of TEDxOjai featuring 12 speakers through the daylong event in Ojai, CA. She is the co-founder of RiseLive, a new global speaking series amplifying new voices on new stages, launching with two events in 2026. She is endlessly curious, a lover of books, travel, and new adventures. Lauren lives in Mt. Kisco, NY.