About Speaker

As senior manager of government relations at the Security Industry Association, Lauren Bresette leads SIA’s congressional initiatives among other duties. She came to SIA with three years of experience in Washington D.C., working on legislative policy, programmatic funding, regulatory issues and business development for defense, homeland security and veterans' issues.

Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies and economics from Boston College, where she studied political conflict, environmental policy and Middle East/North African affairs, and has earned an acquisition law and policy credential from the Defense Acquisition University.