Lauren Carmin oversees the Guttmacher Institute’s social media outreach and develops and manages strategies to enhance the Institute’s online communications. In coordination with other staff, Ms. Carmin also contributes to efforts to improve the Institute’s website usability and led the efforts to redesign Guttmacher.org, in 2016. Ms. Carmin joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2007 as the Communications Assistant; she was promoted to Communications Associate in 2010, to Senior Communications Associate in 2013 and to Senior Digital Communications Manager in 2016. In 2021, Ms. Carmin became Principal Digital Strategist. Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Carmin worked at Deutsch Communications Group, where she helped design and implement cause marketing and public relations campaigns for nonprofit organizations. She has a BA from The College of New Jersey, having majored in communication studies and minored in professional writing.