Coach & Founder, Lauren Gepford

Lauren Gepford is a coach, systems-minded executive, and organizational builder with nearly two decades of experience leading large-scale programs in politics, civic infrastructure, and mission-driven organizations. She has overseen multimillion-dollar operations, managed 200+ people, and built national initiatives that spanned dozens of states.

Her career has centered on building capacity inside fast-moving, high-stakes environments, where execution, clarity, and operational maturity determine whether good ideas survive contact with reality. Before founding The Generative Commons, she served as VP of Technology and Strategy at Movement Labs, Executive Director of Contest Every Race, Executive Director of the Missouri Democratic Party, and led data and technology, operations, and strategy functions for campaigns, advocacy orgs, and civic tech initiatives.

Lauren’s work now focuses on helping leaders find clarity, focus, ease and grace in pursuing their life’s intentions. She brings a blend of executive-level experience, campaign-tested urgency, and calm operational grounding into her coaching and consulting partnerships.

Lauren is most often sought out by social good nonprofit and business executives, data and technology leads, and department directors — people responsible for others, performance, and organizational outcomes or systems, and those who are often navigating complexity, transition, or scale.