Lauren Atchison

Based in Chicago, A.A.I. Assistant Project Manager Lauren Atchison engages in multiple forms of charity. As a volunteer at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Atchison delivers flowers to patients with disabilities. The University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation benefits from her support of their fundraising events. Contributing to the well-being of youths, Lauren Atchison supports the Toys for Tots Candy Cane Ball, and she previously supervised underprivileged children at Howard Day Care Center.

Before joining A.A.I., Lauren Atchison earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Minor in English from the University of Denver. While a student, she belonged to the school's chapter of Young Republicans, delivered fliers promoting the party, and obtained financial support for candidates. Furthermore, she interned at The Merchandise Mart and Exelon Corporation in Chicago. Aiding the two companies' communication directors, Atchison wrote promotional brochures, in-house e-mail correspondences, and press releases; created websites and news bulletins; edited copy and proof-read publications; managed databases about clients and projects; and developed presentations for clients and board members.

Since acquiring her degree, Lauren Atchison has served A.A.I., a firm that plans and designs residential interiors. Along with providing data to the company's owner, she drafts proposals for existing and potential customers, oversees the workflow of project assignments, and coordinates schedules among clients, installers, and contractors. While with A.A.I., Atchison accepted another position in the real estate field by spending a summer as a temporary Marketing Coordinator and Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer for the condominium management company T.H.E. Management, Inc. This role required her to act as a liaison between management and building associations, organize tasks for executives based on importance, and update websites.