Lauren, Turn Two’s media relations maven, excels at helping social-good clients build strong reputations and advance their missions through targeted and strategic public relations.

Throughout her 14 years as a PR pro, she has held key roles at Virginia Commonwealth University, and she launched her own firm, Stewart Media.

Lauren has a lifelong passion for learning and teaching. While at VCU, she earned the top award of the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communications and had the highest academic ranking in her graduating class. Today, she’s focused on inspiring the next generation of PR pros as an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University, teaching strategic communications marketing in the PR and Advertising Master’s Program. 

Lauren is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and serves on the National Capital Chapter Marcomm Committee. She has served on the PRSA DE&I Committee and has held the Director of Special Events position on the board of the American Marketing Association Virginia Chapter. 

She also serves on the National Alzheimer’s Association’s Community Leaders Summit Council and as chair of the Community Outreach Committee for the Alzheimer’s Association Virginia Chapter.

When Lauren is not working, you can find her on the yoga mat or hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her dog, Marlowe. Lauren is a certified Reiki practitioner who loves to see live music and travel.

Email Lauren: lauren@turn-two.co