Lauren is Forest Climate Policy Coordinator at Oregon Wild. She was formally a Climate and Energy Analyst at the Breakthrough Institute. Lauren previously worked in Washington, D.C. with the National Wildlife Federation on federal energy, climate, and wildlife policy initiatives. Lauren received her MPP from Oregon State University where she focused on energy policy, and she has also worked on applied ecology studies for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research and the Great Basin Institute after receiving a B.S. in Biology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.