Senior Training and TA Specialist
Education Development Center
Lauren Gilman, a highly skilled technical assistance specialist and experienced program manager, has extensive knowledge of mental health promotion, behavioral health, school-based initiatives, substance misuse prevention, youth violence prevention, bullying prevention, and mentoring. Drawing on her health communications and capacity-building expertise, she helps community organizations and school districts bridge research and practice, implement and sustain evidence-based programs, strengthen cross-sector collaboration, and use data-driven planning to achieve systems change.
Gilman’s integrated approach emphasizes interconnected risk and protective factors and fosters collaboration at the community level.
Gilman holds a BA from Swarthmore College, an MA in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, and a Certificate in Medical and Legal Interpretation from Bentley College.