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Lauren Batten
is president of Vandever
Batten.
Since
founding the firm in
1999, she and her
team have enjoyed an
extraordinary
campaign success
rate, working with
clients to raise
more than $140 million
to strengthen the Charlotte
community.
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That successful record
is due, in part, to
Lauren’s extensive experience
in fundraising. Her
background includes
nonprofit, corporate
and consulting experience:
- As the MidAtlantic
corporate contributions
manager for the
First Union Foundation,
Lauren oversaw the
allocation of approximately
$4 million in charitable
funds across six
southeastern states.
First Union Corporation,
now Wachovia Corporation,
is currently the
fourth largest financial
services company
in the United States.
- As vice president
for development
for the Arts & Science
Council—Charlotte/Mecklenburg
(ASC), she managed
what is today the
single largest united
arts fund in the
nation. During her
three-year tenure,
the ASC annual campaign
grew by over 80
percent.
- At Wellesley
College in Wellesley,
Massachusetts, she
directed the regional
major gift program
(targeting gifts
between $10,000--$100,000
annually). While
having responsibility
for this national
program, she also
managed Wellesley’s
most lucrative markets--New
York, Pennsylvania
and Washington,
D.C.
- As associate
director with Coxe
Curry & Associates,
Atlanta’s premier
development consulting
firm, she managed
portions of the
campaigns for the
Woodruff Arts Center,
Atlanta Outward
Bound Center and
the Atlanta Children’s
Shelter.
- Lauren began
fundraising while
a student at Duke
University, where
she served on the
Executive Council
of the University
Development Office
and chaired her
senior class gift
campaign. She graduated
from Duke with a
bachelor of arts
in philosophy and
political theory.
Lauren Batten is committed
to her community. She
is an elder of Covenant
Presbyterian Church,
serving as Stewardship
Chair twice within five
years and co-chair of
Covenant’s successful
$6.5 million capital
and benevolence campaign
in 1998. She is an advisory
board member of Charlotte
Emergency Housing and
is a founding board
member of the Brain
Tumor Fund for the Carolinas.
An alumna of Leadership
Charlotte, she received
a 2002 Women in Business
Achievement Award from
the Business Journal.
Lauren was also honored
in the Business Journal’s
2000 publication of
its “40 Under 40” listing
and was a finalist for
the National Association
for Women Business Owners’
“Rising Star Award”
in 2001.
To contact Lauren:
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