Lauren Day

Florida State Director, Conservation Acquisition

As Florida Representative, Lauren designs and manages land conservation projects, negotiates real estate acquisitions, and writes grant proposals to secure project funding in Florida.

Lauren joined The Conservation Fund in 2008 and has worked in land conservation since 2003. Before joining the Fund, she served as the Executive Director of Alachua Conservation Trust, a nationally accredited, non-profit land trust, where she oversaw all land conservation, fundraising, outreach and administrative activities.  She also has served as a commercial property manager and as the Director of Greening UF , an initiative to reduce the environmental impact of the University of Florida which later became the university’s Office of Sustainability. 

Lauren earned her M.A. in Real Estate and Urban Analysis from the University of Florida in 2001 and a B.A. in Environmental Studies, from Eckerd College in 1998. In 2010, she was awarded a Regional Director’s Conservation Award by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for her work conserving some of the last remaining habitat for a federally endangered plant.

Contact: lday@conservationfund.org   Office: Gainesville, Florida