Lauren Withey joined WRI in September 2007 as a research assistant for the World Resources Report.

Prior to joining the Report, Lauren worked in northern Peru as a researcher for TechnoServe, Inc, an international development NGO based in Washington, DC. While with TechnoServe, she conducted market studies for small businesses in fields such as viniculture, medicinal plant processing, and honey production.

Lauren graduated from Bowdoin College in the spring of 2006 with a BA in Government and Environmental Studies.