Lauren McKim Callaghan

バイオグラフィー：Lauren McKim Callaghan is the Senior Director for the Advisory Services Program at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). She works with ULI staff, members, and community stakeholders to identify and develop Advisory Services panel opportunities that leverage the expertise of the multi-disciplinary ULI membership to tackle some of the greatest land use and real estate development challenges facing communities across the country. Lauren also leads Advisory Services panel engagements, working in more than 15 communities to date, that share best practices on a wide range of topics including urban revitalization, economic development, growth management, and coastal resilience. In this capacity, she develops a partnership-based working relationship with panel sponsors (clients) and facilitates the Advisory Services panel’s time-tested workshop-style process. Lauren also builds capacity for ULI Advisory Services at both the global and local levels. Prior to joining ULI, Lauren managed survey research projects for the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University for a range of clients from community organizations to state agencies. Lauren has also worked in more than 15 communities across the central and eastern United States as a market analyst and planner with RKG Associates, Inc., a real estate and economic planning consulting firm. While at RKG, she provided analysis and reports for a range of projects including economic development strategic plans, multi-neighborhood revitalization efforts and housing studies. Lauren’s professional experience also includes work in commercial property management and teaching. Lauren holds a Master of City & Regional Planning from Rutgers University with an emphasis in housing and real estate. She has an undergraduate degree in history and psychology from the University of Kansas and is a native Midwesterner. Prior to joining ULI, she was an active member of the ULI Washington Young Leaders Group serving on and chairing several committees.