Catalist
Lauren O'Brien has a diverse work experience ranging from data management and product management roles to political organizing and research. Lauren is currently the Deputy Chief Data Officer at Catalist, a role they have held since September 2022. Prior to this, they were the Director of Data Services at Catalist from June 2020 to September 2022. Lauren also served as the Deputy Director of Product Management from September 2019 to June 2020 and as a Data Services Account Executive from November 2017 to September 2019.
Before joining Catalist, Lauren worked at Votes Voices Now as the Minnesota Data and Targeting Manager from May 2017 to November 2017, and as a Minnesota Data and Targeting Associate from November 2015 to May 2017. Lauren also worked as an Organizing Fellow at Keith Ellison for Congress from June 2015 to October 2015.
Lauren gained experience in research and communications as a Research and Communications Intern at One Wisconsin Now from September 2014 to May 2015. Lauren also worked as a Student Administrative Assistant in the Curriculum Department at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health from August 2012 to May 2015.
Lauren has also held legislative internships at the United States Senate in the Office of Senator Tammy Baldwin in June 2014, and in the Office of State Senator Jennifer Shilling in the Wisconsin State Legislature from January 2014 to May 2014.
Lauren O'Brien earned their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2011 to 2015.
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Catalist
Catalist provides data and data-related services exclusively to progressive organizations to help them better identify, understand, and communicate with the people they need to persuade and mobilize. For nearly a decade, Catalist has been the data utility powering the progressive community. Owned by a trust, we collaborate with data-drive progressive organizations with a variety of goals: issue advocates, organizers, pollsters, analysts, consultants, campaigners, and more. We work with the community, for the community. Catalist compiles, enhances, stores, and dynamically updates data on over 240 million unique voting-age individuals across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Working with Catalist can help you build membership, target persuasive messaging, engage activists, drive an issue agenda, and mobilize voters.