After many years of working in Africa and Europe in public health, Lauren redirected her life and work to focus on agriculture and sustainable landscape design. For the past 16 years, Lauren has partnered with a local farmer to raise beef cattle on her farm in Barnesville. With a grant from the Montgomery County Soil Conservation District she has planted over 2,000 native trees and shrubs to protect the stream on her property and the Chesapeake Bay.  Lauren has served on the SCA board since 2014 and was president from 2017 to 2020.  She serves on the Zero Waste Montgomery County Coalition, the Dickerson Area Facilities Implementation Group and is a Master Gardener with the University of Maryland Ag Extension Service.  Lauren loves backpacking, tennis and taking her grandsons on adventures.