Building Your Personal Board of Directors

Sometimes it’s not what you do, it’s who you know. Join us for this interactive session, our presenter Lauren Collins will share her experience building her own personal board of directors and lessons learned. The session will also cover the benefits of having a personal board of directors, who to add to your board, how to get them on your board, and how to maximize these relationships.

Speaker: Lauren Collins

In Lauren’s current role at the National District Attorneys Association, she serves as the Director of Membership and Marketing, a non-profit association that provides training, technical assistance, and services to prosecutors around the country in support of the prosecution profession. Lauren not only oversees all membership processes for the organization, but she has also improved business development for the organization increasing sponsorship revenue by $125,000 in less than 2 years. She spearheaded the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for the organization and an internal committee for staff.

Before her current role, Lauren served as the Managing Director for The AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, ARIAS•U.S. at MCI USA. Before joining MCI USA, Lauren served as the Program Manager of Membership Marketing & Association Services for the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) a nonprofit organization serving and representing insurance and financial advisors regardless of the products they sell or the focus of their practice.

Her current career accomplishments include being selected as a 2019 ASAE NextGen leader and a 2020 Association Forum Forty Under 40 Award recipient. Lauren is a member of the ASAE Young Professionals Advisory Committee (YPAC) member and a member of the Association for Women in Communications DC Metro Chapter.