Lauren Batten is an associate director of institutional giving on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute. With over 10 years of experience across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, Lauren manages the Milken Institute’s grants portfolio for Health, Finance, and Philanthropy programmatic pillars. Further to funder relations, she specializes in projects related to corporate philanthropy, social impact, biomedical innovation, public finance, and inclusive capitalism. Having studied at the George Washington University, Sciences Po, and the University of California Los Angeles, Lauren most recently completed her Master of Public Administration at the University of Southern California.