Ms. Lauren McKim Callaghan

Lauren McKim Callaghan is the Senior Director for the Advisory Services Program at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Lauren is responsible for managing all aspects of panel assignments from contracting, initial contact, pre-panel research, recruiting panel members, on-site management, and post-panel report generation and impact analysis. Prior to joining ULI, Lauren managed survey research projects for the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University for a range of clients from community organizations to state agencies. Lauren has also worked in more than 15 communities across the central and eastern United States as a market analyst and planner with RKG Associates, Inc., a real estate and economic planning consulting firm. While at RKG, she provided analysis and reports for a range of projects including economic development strategic plans, multi-neighborhood revitalization efforts and housing studies. Lauren’s professional experience also includes work in commercial property management and teaching. Lauren holds a Master of City & Regional Planning from Rutgers University with an emphasis in housing and real estate. She has an undergraduate degree in history and psychology from the University of Kansas and is a native Midwesterner. Prior to joining ULI, she was an active member of the ULI Washington Young Leaders Group serving on and chairing several committees.