Impact Genome | Head of Membership
Lauren Ott is a social entrepreneur who teaches organizations how to maximize their impact on the causes they care about. After spending time teaching at a public high school in Ecuador, Lauren returned to Canada and turned her passion for community, into a career of driving impact across North America and beyond. She has worked on Parliament Hill, one of the largest education boards, for nonprofits and has built national partnerships with General Mills, Siemens, and KPMG, to name a few. In 2018, Lauren launched the social enterprise, Kits for a Cause, driving meaningful employee engagement. Lauren was honoured as a nominee for Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and in 2022, joined Impact Genome leading strategy for partnership development and bringing standardized impact data across Canada.
As nonprofits adopt common Reporting standards and the ability to report outcomes, the world of social impact promises to provide more accessible funding for nonprofits, sector benchmarks, reduced burden, improved transparency, and finally learning what works.