Lauren Prager of Synapse Florida: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

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Lauren Prager is the Chief Strategy Officer for Synapse Florida. Her career has centered around building community through cultivating personal connections. Lauren spent more than a decade working in and around Washington, D.C. as a lobbyist, educator and community organizer building bipartisan support for foreign policy issues. She joined Synapse as a volunteer to support the inaugural Synapse Summit in 2018, where more than 3,000 people came together to celebrate and connect around Florida’s innovation community. She helps to lead Synapse’s expansion to create opportunities that showcase Florida’s diverse innovation talent, facilitating meaningful and intentional connections. Synapse Florida creates opportunities to celebrate, discover and engage with Florida’s dynamic innovation community. Each year they host the Sunshine State’s premier innovation event, the Synapse Summit, connecting thousands of Florida’s innovation leaders from diverse industries, technologies and communities. You’re invited to learn more at www.synapsefl.com, and join us at Synapse Summit 2023 on Tuesday, February 14, in Tampa, Florida. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-slawsky-prager/ Twitter @lsprager [e-mail]