Lauren Hotchkiss (she/her) received her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and her Masters of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of Guelph. She is certified as a Certified Training and Development Professional, as well as a Psychological Health and Safety Advisor from the Canadian Mental Health Association. Lauren was also the Chair of the Health and Education Committee for Mind the Bar Foundation and a Culture Audit Evaluator for the Great Place to Work - Annual List of Best Workplaces in Canada. 

Lauren is an experienced public speaker and has delivered training to various audiences, from individual contributors to the C-Suite. As a remote worker herself, Lauren’s speciality is in creating an inclusive virtual training environment designed to get even the quietest learner engaged and able to walk away with new knowledge, ideas, and wellness strategies. 

Lauren has worked in the workplace wellness space for over 5 years and her areas of expertise include adult learning, employee well-being, meaningful work, positive psychology, productivity, stress management, and psychological health and safety. Her research areas focus on applying psychology to digital-first workplaces, including how computer mediated work roles can be more meaningful and how virtual diversity training can be made more impactful for behavior change. 

Lauren works from her home office in Vernon, BC, the ancestral territory of the Syilx people, where she practices her own work-life balance by going to the mountains and lake as much as possible.