OUR TEAM

■ Lauren Umbach, MA

– Interim Director of Research and Program, Jaffray Centre

Lauren is the Interim Director of Research and Program at the Jaffray Centre for Global Initiatives. She has worked at the Jaffray Centre since 2016. Prior to that she managed two cafes in Laos with a Business as Missions focus for three years and spent a year in Vietnam teaching English. Lauren has a Master of Arts in Intercultural Ministries from Ambrose Seminary, a Certificate in Intercultural Studies from UBC, and is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). When she is not busy connecting and networking with people, she enjoys trying out new coffee shops with her husband.

Lauren can be reached at jaffray@ambrose.edu or (403) 407-9459.