Research Manager
Lauren Hajek joined Prairie Capital Advisors in 2005. She oversees the economic, industry and market research that is prepared in support of Prairie’s valuation and investment banking engagements. As such, one of Lauren’s responsibilities is analyzing the business dynamics and trends of Prairie’s client industries. Given that Prairie’s client base is largely comprised of closely-held companies, she makes use of a wide variety of data sources regarding small- to mid-sized companies and their industries.
In addition, Lauren supervises the preparation of Prairie’s white papers, articles and other publications. She is also a member of the team that creates Prairie Industry Perspectives, a publication series that provides analysis and assessment of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financing markets for growing industry segments. In addition, Lauren is part of the team responsible for Prairie’s ESOP Newsletter.
Prior to joining Prairie, Lauren was a Managing Staff Attorney at the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare-Pension Funds.
Lauren earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. She also received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Loyola University of Chicago.
