Lauren Manning Biography

Lauren Manning is a former Managing Director and Partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, where she ran the Global Market Data division. Her battle to survive catastrophic burns suffered in the September 11th attacks has been extensively chronicled in the media around the world, including featured appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The NBC Today Show, and CNN, the front page of The New York Times, Readers Digest, and a cover-featured excerpt in Vogue Magazine. Her recovery was the cornerstone of her husband Greg Manning’s New York Times bestseller, Love, Greg & Lauren, and of her own New York Times bestselling memoir, Unmeasured Strength, published this year. People throughout the world who must confront injury, illness, or tragedy have looked to Lauren as a role model, and to her inspiring story as a source of strength.

Lauren was chosen as one of Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year for 2002 and was selected as one of 15 Extraordinary Women of 2003 by Biography Magazine. She has been an honoree of the Women’s Bond Club and received a national award from the American Occupational Therapy Association. She was chosen to carry the Olympic flame as part of the New York leg of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. She was honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. by the Anti-Defamation League, and in 2004 was a recipient of the Norman Vincent Peale Award from the Blanton Peale Institute. Her story was the subject of an Emmy Award-nominated and Gracie Allen Award-winning segment on NBC’s Today Show, and she has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN’s Larry King Live. She was chosen by CNN as one of the most intriguing newsmakers of the past 25 years.

Lauren is co-founder and chief strategist of YouBoard Inc., which offers a patent-pending integration of e-commerce, social media, and online privacy management.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of Sanctuary for Families, and on the President’s Council of iPads for Soldiers. She is a frequent conference keynote speaker and makes regular appearances on behalf of companies, universities, and organizations. A portion of the proceeds from Unmeasured Strength and her husband’s bestseller, Love Greg and Lauren go to support these wonderful organizations.

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