Lauren Ressler

Campaign Support – Engagement Strategy & Philanthropic Advocacy  

Lauren Ressler joins the Beloved Economies team as movement building and development strategist. Lauren got her start organizing for the closure and just transition of coal power plants in Washington State in 2009. She went on to support thousands of students, community groups, and faith leaders across the country demanding divestment from prison profiteers and fossil fuel companies as Campaigns Director at the Responsible Endowments Coalition. 

In 2017, she began working with Freedom to Thrive to build a culture of giving to fund the movement to end mass incarceration and immigrant detention. She has over a decade of experience designing and facilitating dynamic spaces that build trust, generatively move through conflict, and reach collaborative decisions. She is thrilled to be part of the Beloved Economies team and to support the growth of co-creative spaces that center meaning and nourish community. Lauren uses she/her pronouns.