Lauren leads partnerships and external affairs for Johnson & Johnson Global Health Equity.  In her current role, she focuses on external engagement for J&J’s social impact and philanthropic efforts to advance equitable access to care and champion health workers.  Guided by Johnson & Johnson’s mission to profoundly impact health for humanity, she engages deeply with external stakeholders to improve health equity around the world.  Previously, she managed the HIV/AIDS portfolio for Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Contributions group. 

Prior to joining J&J, Lauren spent most of her career in government, at the Department of State and USAID.  She was the Director of Private Sector Engagement in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, which leads implementation of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).  In this role, she built several multi stakeholder partnerships and spearheaded large-scale innovation competitions to source new ideas to solve public health problems. 

She also served as the Health Program/Public-Private Partnership Advisor at USAID/South Africa, where she built several successful PPPs between the US Government, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations.  Lauren worked at USAID/Washington in the Bureau for Global Health, where she provided technical support to USAID missions in several African and Asian countries.  

Prior to USAID, Lauren was a corporate attorney at Nixon Peabody LLP in New York.  She has a law degree from Georgetown University and a BA from Duke University.