Lauren Statman is a philanthropy consultant who guides family foundations and individual donors to develop and implement effective grant-making strategies, establish and manage efficient operating procedures, and build engaged governing boards. She has worked with foundations at various stages of...

Lauren Statman is a philanthropy consultant who guides family foundations and individual donors to develop and implement effective grant-making strategies, establish and manage efficient operating procedures, and build engaged governing boards. She has worked with foundations at various stages of their life cycles, as she has overseen the incorporation process for new family foundations, helped boards welcome the next generation, and guided foundations to refresh their priorities during times of major transition.

Passioante about organization development with a social justice lens, Lauren serves on the programming committee of the Organizational Development Network of New York and recently completed two years on the board of the Glade Dance Collective, during which she overhauled the board and membership structure and introduced collective decision-making models. In 2012, Lauren was selected as a StartingBloc Fellow, thorugh which she completed the program’s five-day Institute for Social Innovation, at which her team was a finalist in the Social Innovation Case competition. She is also an alumna of Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps, through which she worked for a year at DC Central Kitchen. She has also served as executive director of the St. Louis Area Dance Marathon, a 12-hour dance fundraiser benefiting children’s hospitals through Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis, and volunteered in Nicaragua through American Jewish World Service.

Lauren graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors from Washington University in St. Louis, with majors in Spanish and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology and a minor in modern dance. In addition to her role at Arabella, Lauren is pursuing her master’s degree in organizational psychology at Teachers College Columbia University, with a focus in change leadership.