Lauren Worley

Strategic Advisor, Communications

Lauren B. Worley is a born-and-raised Ohioan and a professional communicator.

A graduate of Kent State University’s School of Journalism, she has 20 years of experience in political and government campaigns, policy making and communications at the local, state and national levels.

A “Cincinnatian By Choice,” she works at Procter & Gamble.

In 2018, she was named to the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40 and Venue Magazine’s Women of Influence.

Previously, Lauren was the Chief Communications and Engagement Officer for Cincinnati Public Schools (2017-2020). From 2016 to 2017, she worked in global marketing at The ONE Campaign, a global, 8-million-member advocacy organization co-founded by Bono focused on eliminating extreme poverty and preventable diseases.

From 2011 to 2016, Lauren was the Press Secretary and Senior Advisor at NASA, an appointee of President Barack Obama’s Administration. There she led communications initiatives that highlighted President Obama's vision for space exploration. While working for President Obama’s administration, she was an Inaugural Participant of the White House Climate Leadership Workshop and the First-Ever White House Girl Scout Campout.

Before working at NASA, Lauren cultivated extensive experience and a record of achievement leading advocacy efforts, developing policy and implementing legislation in the Ohio General Assembly (2003-2006) and as the Chief of Staff to Former Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher (2007-2009). She’s also worked at the Democratic National Committee (2001), the Ohio Democratic Party (2002), the Ohio Association for Justice (2006), and the Fisher for U.S. Senate Campaign (2009-2010).

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Observatory, the Riverview East Academy Local School Decision-Making Committee, and is the co-founder of Burnet Commons.

“A native of Peebles, Ohio, a tiny Ohio River farming town, (she is) bright, personable, ambitious, brimming with idealistic energy… She’s a little bit old school and a little bit new school.” - Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2003