Lauren Coape-Arnold ’06 is the Global Head of Citizenship at Apollo Global Management (“Apollo”) and the Executive Director of the Apollo Opportunity Foundation (“Foundation”). At Apollo, she develops and executes a comprehensive Citizenship program focused on philanthropy, volunteerism, and employee engagement. At the Foundation, she oversees the launch, creation, and growth of a strategy to invest over $100 million over the next decade to expand opportunity. Through both efforts, Lauren contributes to advancing Expanding Opportunity, the firm’s intentional, programmatic effort to broaden its pipeline and diversify the financial services ecosystem.
Prior to joining Apollo in 2019, Lauren was a Managing Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guggenheim Partners, a Foundation Officer at Two Sigma, and the Director of the Maverick Capital Foundation. Before transitioning into the social sector, Lauren was an associate in Maverick Capital’s Investor Relations department and an investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers.
Lauren was named a Women We Admire “Top 50 Women Leaders of New York City” (2024), a New York Business Journal “Woman of Influence” (2016), and a City & State “Responsible 100” (2017); she is a graduate of Echoing Green’s Direct Impact experiential leadership program. Lauren currently serves on Amherst College’s Executive Committee of the Society of the Alumni.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Psychology and French from Amherst College – where she was captain of the Women’s Varsity Squash team and a member of the Women’s Varsity Soccer team – and a Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management.
How do you use your liberal arts education in the work you do today?
I work at the intersection of multiple sectors and have to adopt many different perspectives to be effective in my role. I believe the breadth of Amherst’s liberal arts education prepared me well for this career, as I am able to adapt and think critically about the issues, and develop thoughtful responses and initiatives in response. The strong research and writing habits I honed at Amherst also helped me in building persuasive messaging and influencing others.