Lauren Tedesco

Lauren Tedesco is the Senior Vice President at APMA leading the Future of Work portfolio. She has served as an adviser to the Law Society of Ontario in addition to teaching communications at Sheridan College. Her experience at leading public relations agencies set the groundwork for senior roles in the public sector including Director of Communications to the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Education.

Lauren was recently named one of WXN's Top 100 Most Powerful Women and was shortlisted for the Reuters Global DRIVE Honours. She was profiled in the Globe and Mail as one of “Five Trailblazing Women in the Male Dominated Auto Industry” and received the Italian Chamber of Commerce Ontario's Next Generation Award.

Lauren holds an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto, a Postgraduate Certificate in Communications from Sheridan College and recently completed a certificate in International Project Management at the University of Toronto.