Lauren Domino (BA ’05, MPA ’11) serves as the Evans School’s Assistant Dean for Advancement & External Relations, overseeing the school’s marketing and communications, fund development, alumni engagement, and external partnerships work.
After receiving a B.A. in Drama from the University of Washington, Lauren worked professionally as a teaching artist for numerous organizations including Seattle Children’s Theatre, Youth Theatre Northwest, the Seattle REP, and Arts Corps. She went on to serve as the Education Director for Jet City Improv, overseeing corporate training, adult continuing education, and youth development programs. While there, she expanded improv education programming to historically marginalized youth, launching a partnership with the King County Juvenile Detention Facility that became one of their longest running programs.
Lauren returned to UW to earn a Master of Public Administration at the Evans School with a focus in nonprofit management. Following this, she moved into philanthropy, discovering a love for connecting donors’ values and interests with needs in the community. She served as the Development Director for ArtsWest and Seattle Shakespeare Company before stepping into the foundation space. Lauren spent seven years at Seattle Foundation, one of the nation’s largest community foundations with total assets of $1 billion. As the Foundation’s Managing Director of Fundraising & Philanthropic Services, she led a team of Philanthropic Advisors, guiding corporations, individuals and multigenerational families in effective and community-centered philanthropic strategies.
Lauren’s volunteer work has included serving as the founding Board President of Rain City Rock Camp for Girls, a National Delegate for the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, Board Treasurer for ArtsEd Washington, and Trustee of Seattle Rotary Service Foundation. Outside of work, Lauren enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, baking, Lego-building, and exploring the PNW as a family.