Bio
Lauren Iley-Spear is the Program Manager for the Professional Schools. Since 2013, Lauren has worked in Higher Education project management and student engagement. Prior to joining Wake Forest University in August of 2023, Lauren worked closely with graduate and undergraduate student leadership programs at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she taught an “Artist as Leader” course in the Department of Liberal Arts and worked as a project manager in the Office of the Provost. Prior to working in Higher Education, Lauren received her M.F.A in Theatre for Young Audiences from Arizona State University, and her B.A. in Theatre Education. She worked in the professional theatre industry in Minneapolis as a playwright and director, and spent ten years working in K-12 education as an interdisciplinary arts educator.