Lauren Sogor, MPH

Vice President

As Vice President at Advocacy & Communication Solutions, LLC (ACS), Lauren leads strategy development and builds capacity for a number of ACS clients including Press Forward, Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, South Carolina Grantmakers Network, and the Arras Foundation, to name a few.

Lauren has nearly 20 years of experience designing and implementing programs and strategies for organizations working to create a healthier, safer, and more just world. Before joining ACS full time in 2020, Lauren served as the senior health communications manager at the National Partnership for Women & Families. Lauren has also provided communications, research and project management support to federal and foundation clients, including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and AARP Foundation, while at national consulting firms Hager Sharp and ICF International. She has managed multi-stakeholder national public health campaigns for national nonprofit organizations including Text4baby and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

In addition to her professional commitments, Lauren is on the board of the Shaker Early Childhood Enrichment Center and Shaker Heights Democrats. Lauren earned a Master in Public Health from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan. Lauren lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband, Bryan, daughter, Thea, two dogs, Hubble and Misha, and two cats, Zero and Eloise.

ACS is one of the only female- and minority-owned consulting firms in Ohio. The women-led, women-driven firm has a national reputation for its communication and strategy development expertise and deep understanding of policy and advocacy, especially for organizations in the early childhood and K-12 education sectors, including The Cleveland Foundation, YWCA USA, Ohio Means Jobs Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, Summit Education Initiative, and the Arizona Department of Economic Security Division of Child Care, to name a few. Collectively, the firm has more than 75 years of experience developing and implementing strategies that help clients achieve measurable results.