Lauren Ocoma joined Clarion Events in June 2018 as Vice President of Marketing. At Clarion, Lauren heads up marketing for the Fire & Rescue Portfolio and Power & Energy Series of events and media brands. Lauren’s marketing leadership focuses on diving deep into insights and data to drive strategic, personalized, marketing campaigns to deliver exceptional brand experiences. 

Previous to joining Clarion, Lauren spent an impressive 12 years in marketing at Reed Exhibitions. While growing her career at Reed, Lauren worked on marketing campaigns for a variety of b2b and b2c events in retail, manufacturing, security and pop culture. Most recently as Group Marketing Director for Reed’s Jewelry portfolio.   Before her time at Reed, Lauren was a Division I college volleyball player at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Originally from the Midwest Lauren remains an avid Chicago Cubs fan while living in Connecticut with her husband Jared.