Lauren Schadt Baker

Senior Marketing Consultant

Lauren is the Baker Group’s marketing communications consultant helping independent schools build their brand strategies. As a veteran of the advertising world in both New York and Boston, Lauren led and managed the development of brand campaigns for consumer products, technology companies and non-profit organizations.  She served for several years on the Board of Trustees and as a volunteer at Marian Court College, a small, private college that catered to first generation students from low-income families.   Lauren recently joined the Phoenix Charter Academy Foundation Board which raises private funding to support the programs of The Phoenix Academy Charter Schools serving at-risk teens.  In addition, Lauren is a long time board member of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health where she led the organization's rebranding effort.  Her continued passion for social responsibility is evident through her current work to increase awareness and raise funds with a number of causes for children, education, health and social services. Lauren actively serves on the Regional Board of Directors for American Red Cross of Massachusetts and is a founding member of the Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders.

Lauren holds an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.  

For the past 8 years, Lauren Baker served as the First Lady of Massachusetts alongside her husband, former Governor Charlie Baker.