Lorraine Anderson King

About Lorraine Anderson King

With a passion for managing, coaching and engaging teams overseeing complex streams of work, Lorraine has deep experience working in the education and nonprofit sectors. She currently leads Braven’s External Affairs work, setting the vision and direction for how the successful, mid-stage organization creates and leverages external champions in order to deliver on its mission. She oversees the plan to raise ~$25-30M annually and ~$100+ million over the next 3 years, as well as the work to create the brand and communications strategies to compellingly share Braven’s story and become one of the top thought leaders in the emerging college-to-career sector.Previously, she served as Teach For America’s Senior Vice President of Communications. In this role, she hired, retained, coached and supervised a talented team of nearly 30, was part of the organization’s Senior Leadership Team, and grew positive media amid a complex external landscape. Prior to this, she led TFA\'s Regional Communications team for nearly five years and was responsible for creating and executing the media strategy for the organization’s 50+ regions. Under her leadership, regional media grew by more than 500 percent.Lorraine grew up in a family where education and a belief in the potential of all young people was at the heart of everything. Lorraine has her BA from Columbia University and her Masters from Oxford University and lives in Chicago with her husband and two kids.

Experience

1. Chief External Affairs Officer

   Braven

   Jul 2022 — Present

Education

• Columbia University

  B.A., English Literature and East Asian Studies

  1997 — 2002

• University of Oxford

  M.St. in English, English Literature (1550-1780)

  2003 — 2004

Skills

• Community Outreach
• Nonprofits
• Project Management
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Strategic Communications
• Writing
• Team Management
• Strategic Planning
• Public Speaking
• Public Relations
• Operations Management