Lauren joined the UGA Small Business Development Center in the Spring of 2022 as an Administrative Outreach Specialist for the Southern Coastal team. She is a Double Eagle graduate of Georgia Southern University, earning her BS in Public Relations in May 2020 followed by her MA in Professional Communication and Leadership in December 2021.

Prior to joining the UGA SBDC, Lauren held marketing internships at McNeilus Companies and Habitat for Humanity of Bulloch County as well as a graduate assistantship with GSU’s Academic Success Center. In these roles, she concentrated on corporate communications and strategy along with public relations and storytelling at the community level.