Director of Investments
Lauren A. Holland serves as Director of Investments for Tides Foundation.
Prior to Tides, Lauren served as a Senior Credit Analyst and Global Head of Paper & Packaging at CreditSights, an independent credit research firm. She has over 20 years of experience in investment research and portfolio management.
Lauren is the founder of the Wall Street Friends, the largest organic network of black finance professionals with 8,000 members and growing. Wall Street Friends builds community within the network, supporting its members in their career pursuits by providing resources and targeted programming.
As far as public service, Lauren recently served as Co-Chair, Special Events for the Eastern Region of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority Inc. and Budget & Finance Chair for the North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter. She is a member of the Advocates Board of Fiver Children’s Foundation, an organization that supports urban youth in the journey from grade school to college and a board member of Communities in Schools Memphis.
Lauren holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from The University of Oklahoma and an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.