Lauren Rhodes

Lauren Rhodes is a third year Master of Urban and Regional Planning and Master of Public Affairs double degree student. She is interested in the intersection of planning and public policy, supporting community health through planning, community-based research and evaluation, and diversity and equity and inclusion and access in the planning process. Lauren is proud of her Sustaining Generations team project redesign of the Minneapolis East Lake Street Cultural District.

Lauren currently works at the Division of Extension Community Development Institute on their FEED Initiative supporting food and farming entrepreneurs in Wisconsin. She was previously a project assistant at the La Follette School of Public Affairs on social factors leading to health outcomes. After graduating from Oberlin College in 2017 with a BA in Environmental Studies, Lauren worked on federal energy policy projects in D.C., residential energy efficiency program implementation in Wisconsin, and energy efficiency program evaluation research projects across the country.