Lauren Heywood

(she/her/hers)

Director of Partnership Relations and Student Engagement

Lauren Heywood
  • BA in Communication, University of Southern Maine

Lauren Heywood is the director of partnership relations and student engagement at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Southern Maine. The key aspects of her role are to seek and develop beneficial relationships between Northeastern and outside companies regarding experiential learning, research, corporate learning, philanthropy, and programming. Heywood’s favorite aspects of her role are the initial reach out and cultivation of a relationship.

Prior to joining Northeastern University, Heywood worked at Unam Insurance for nine years as a manager of a large case implementation team.

Heywood grew up in Maine.