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Lauren Baker’s Commitment to Trauma-Responsive Services for Foster Children

In the second video in our series featuring Steering Committee members, Lauren Baker, the former First Lady of Massachusetts, speaks with Erin Murphy Rafferty, CEO of the Wonderfund about how this non-profit organization engaged with the Department of Children and Families to create trauma-responsive programs, and how these efforts that have now expanded across several government agencies in Massachusetts.

Lauren Baker

CEO
Wonderfund

Lauren Baker is the former First Lady of Massachusetts alongside her husband, former Governor Charlie Baker. Lauren continues her work to improve the lives of the children of Massachusetts as the CEO of the Wonderfund, serving kids engaged with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.

Lauren is a veteran of the advertising world in both New York and Boston where she led and managed the development of brand campaigns for consumer products, technology companies and non-profit organizations. Today, Lauren works as a marketing communications consultant, building brand strategies for independent schools with The Baker Group.

Her continued passion for service and social responsibility is evident through her current work to increase awareness and raise funds for a number of causes. 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 also serves on the Phoenix Charter Academy Foundation Board which provides private funding to support the programs of The Phoenix Academy Charter Schools serving at-risk teens.