Author Lauren Pierce Bush

Lauren Bush is the CEO and Co-Founder of FEED Projects, a charitable company withthe mission of creating good products that help feed the world. Each FEED bag sold provideshungry children with school meals through the United Nations World Food Program. Lauren hasbeen an Honorary Spokesperson for the WFP since 2004, and helped launch their UniversitiesFighting Hunger initiative, which educates and engages university age students in the fightagainst world hunger. Over the past four years Lauren has traveled to Guatemala, Cambodia,Lesotho, Sri Lanka, Chad, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and Honduras with the WFP tosee the realities of poverty and hunger, and the WFP’s food aid distributions. She came backfrom these trips inspired to help in the fight against hunger. She conceptualized and designedthe initial FEED 1 bag in 2005, as a measurable way to raise money for the WFP’s SchoolFeeding Program.In 2007, she started FEED Projects LLC with her business partner, Ellen Gustafson,by producing an eco-friendly tote that helps raise money for Food for Education programsaround the world. In 2008, FEED Projects donated over $5 million dollars to the UN World FoodProgram’s school feeding program, which equates to over 55,000,000 meals to school children.Lauren is also the Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of the FEED Foundation, a 501c3non-profit organization with the vision of a sustainable food system and a well-nourished world.www.FEEDProjects.com and www.theFEEDfoundation.org.In 2008, Lauren launched a new fashion brand, Lauren Pierce Atelier. By sourcing fabricthat is handmade by artisans around the world, as well as eco-friendly fabrics, this women’swear line lives up to high environmental and humanitarian standards. For her Fall 09 collection,Lauren Pierce used handwoven silk from women in Cambodia, while also highlighting the workof the Somaly Mam Foundation. Barneys New York has been the main retailer of the line since itstarted. www.LaurenPierceAtelier.comLauren was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in Houston, Texas. As a model,Lauren has carved her own niche in the fashion world and was featured on the cover of variouspublications such as Vogue Australia, Glamour, Tatler, W, and Town and Country. Laurengraduated from Princeton University in 2006 with a B.A. in Anthropology and certificate inPhotography. She now resides in New York City, where she works on FEED, Lauren Pierce, andother socially conscious and eco-friendly projects. In 2008, she was given the Marie Claire PrixDe La Moda Humanitarian Award for her work on FEED. And in 2009, she was honored as aFortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur. And in 2010, she was included on Inc’s “30 Under30” List.