Lauren Collette is a fundraising consultant at Campbell & Company, bringing more than five years of fundraising experience and a Gen Y knack for digital communications. She has learned the value of building relationships with supporters and connecting them to an organization's mission—the bedrock of fundraising—both in person and in the digital world.

Previously, she was a member of the development teams at two celebrated American institutions: The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As the American History Museum's manager of annual giving, she was responsible for giving up to $25,000, launched its annual giving program, and managed online giving initiatives, including playing a key role in planning the Museum's Kickstarter effort that raised more than $300 million in 2016.