Work with me

Let’s
grow it .

Keynotes, hosting, performance — and the strategy & design work that builds the foundation for growth. Two practices, shaped around your gathering, launch, or transformation.

Lauren onstage at a keyboard, projection screen behind her
Between the keys and the keynote.

What I offer

Which practice fits your moment?

Tell me what you're building and I'll shape the right combination to meet your goals.

  • Practice 01

    Speaking & Performance

    Every time people gather, there's an opportunity to unlock meaning.

    Whether you need a keynote that lingers, a host who holds the energy from open to close, or a performance that cracks something open — I bring the full range.

  • Practice 02

    Strategy & Design

    For teams that have to deliver.

    You have bold ideas and real constraints. I bring the process, tools and perspective to move from complexity to clarity — whether you're launching, aligning stakeholders, or figuring out what your community actually needs.

Organizations I've worked with

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • LAZ
  • Google
  • SF Climate Week
  • Funding the Commons
  • CalArts
  • Bioneers
  • Grammy Museum
  • Burning Man Project
  • Ford
  • KC Can
  • TreePeople
  • UNFCCC
  • Green Dot Public Schools
  • LA Works

Select projects

A decade of work — and counting.

  • Strategic Planning

    KC Can Strategic Plan 2025–2027

    Two months of participatory design and two days of cross-departmental on-site workshops — delivering a 2-year strategic plan reflecting the voices of the whole team.

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  • Director & Host

    GOODFest presented by Google Pixel

    A 5-city music festival for social good — Talent Director and live host across all five cities.

    Read the case study
  • Founder & Product Lead

    COMPOSTARS × LA Compost

    An engagement layer that closes the gap between compost mandates and the daily behavior they require. Launched with LA Compost; now licensing nationwide.

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  • Strategist & Producer

    COP 21 UNFCCC #EarthToParis

    Public-engagement campaign alongside the COP21 negotiations — 150+ partner coalition, ~1B Twitter impressions, the Paris Agreement signed.

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  • Corporate Program Design

    A 13,000-Person Compost Habit

    Designed, implemented, and grew the first employee compost rewards program for a 13,000-employee, $1B-revenue company — hitting 82% enrollment in the first quarter by gamifying the habit.

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  • Facilitation · with IDEO & Hatch

    Ocean Plastics Leadership Summit

    Co-facilitated three days of design-thinking workshops with IDEO and Hatch at the inaugural OPLS — bringing 160 executives and activists from PepsiCo, Nestlé, Greenpeace, the WWF, and Municipal Recycling Facilities together on an expedition ship in the Sargasso Sea.

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  • Strategy, Design & Production — Co-Lead

    Black Rock Compost: 10 Years on the Playa

    Ten years of regenerative compost systems in one of Earth’s harshest environments — co-led the 2025 program.

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Inquire

Start here

Tell me about your gathering or your work — whether it's fully formed or still taking root. I'll respond within three business days to explore next steps and see if it's a good fit.

I respond within three business days.