Lauren Dowling (she/they), is a nonprofit organization strategist and generalist with 20 years experience building clear and functional social impact programs and the teams and partnerships to achieve them.

 

Dowling has been consulting for the past 9 years as a strategist  and coach for nonprofit clients in multiple sectors including affordable housing, environmental stewardship and conservation, women’s advocacy, community wellness, arts & culture, food system justice, sustainability and more. They have a deep background in the LGBTQ+ movement strategy and a versatile bench of programmatic methodology experience.

 

Prior to consulting she held progressive leadership roles in organization management, fundraising, and campaign & event production as VP of GLAAD, Director at Equality California and the LA LGBT Center and Event Producer at Project Angel Food.

 

She has directly raised more than $90m and has worked with more than 105 nonprofit boards and philanthropic committees. Dowling was born in Whittier, CA and spent half their youth in California’s Central Valley. She earned her B.A. in History of Art & Architecture from UC Santa Barbara and is certified in Strategy Execution from Harvard Business School as well as the Circular Economy & Sustainability from Cambridge Judge School of Business.
 

Dowling has lived in LA and NYC and now lives with her two daughters in San Francisco.​

 

Baseline Values: authenticity ~ liberation ~ reciprocity ~ connection ~ learning ~  balance ~ flexibility ~ flow~ reparation ~ hope +