Lauri SoJourner is an experienced facilitator, teacher, and nonprofit leader. She worked in retreat and camp ministry for 16 years and higher education for 10 years and has held numerous board and other volunteer positions locally, regionally, and nationally. Lauri earned her BA in English/Professional Communications and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Winthrop University and her MA in Student Affairs Administration from Ball State University. She is halfway through the 160-hour process of becoming certified as a coach by the International Coaching Federation.

Since 2014, Lauri has consulted with a variety of nonprofit organizations as a complement to her full-time work. She and her family moved to Haywood County in 2017 when she was recruited to serve as executive director at Lake Logan. In December 2022, she left Lake Logan to launch her own company. Through coaching, consulting, and training, SoJourner Coaching and Consulting empowers leaders to identify individual and collective potential, recognize growth points, develop mission-based strategies, build capacity, and create accountability.