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Year 2 Fellow, Team Members

Lauren Fitzgerald

Year 2 Fellow, Team Member
Managing Director

Smyrna, TN

Lauren Fitzgerald (Black Womxn from the South) is the Managing Director of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI), the founder and Lead Executive Strategist for Strategize/619, a cultural strategy firm, and the Interim Director of the Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (JUMP Nashville).  She has worked with and performed at several art institutions and theatres such as the Carpetbag Theatre (Knoxville TN), The Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), The York Theatre Company (New York, NY), The Weathervane Theatre Company (Whitefield, NH), The Nashville Children’s Theatre, and with the Metro Nashville Arts Commission as the Neighborhood and Artists development coordinator managing the THRIVE funding program for community art projects.