Lauren Chianese is a strategy and operations consultant specializing in fiscal sponsorship strategy and customer success operations. She helps mission-driven organizations and growing companies turn complex ideas into scalable systems that drive measurable impact.

Inspired by her passion for sewing, Lauren approaches organizations much like a skilled maker approaches a new project: starting with a vision, creating a clear pattern, and carefully bringing together the right pieces to build something functional, sustainable, and impactful. Her work focuses on helping organizations clarify goals, align stakeholders, and develop the operational foundations needed to move from strategy to execution.

Lauren brings a unique perspective to fiscal sponsorship, having worked within the ecosystem as the leader of a fiscally sponsored project, a program manager at a fiscal sponsor, and a Customer Success Manager at a fintech platform serving fiscal sponsors and nonprofits. She also has extensive experience building onboarding, implementation, and customer success infrastructure for growing organizations.

Her background includes leadership roles with Teach For America Orlando, the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles, and numerous nonprofit and collective impact initiatives. Lauren holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida.