Lauren Generette is completing her second stint as Manager of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra after also having been COYO’s founding manager. In January of 2022 she assumes the title Director of Instrumental Pathways Programs for The Cleveland Orchestra. She has served as a member of the Youth Orchestra Division board for the League of American Orchestras and led the Youth Orchestra’s 2015 tour to China and the 2019 tour to Europe. A native of Cleveland, Ms. Generette became a public school music teacher in Atlanta following her graduation from Howard University. She later obtained an MBA in Arts Administration and was a Fellow in the Music Program at the National Endowment for the Arts.