Lauren Sands – 20 Under 40

The Rosewood Corporation
Education: University of Southern California

Lauren Sands is continuing her grandmother Caroline Rose Hunt’s legacy of giving back to the Dallas community.

Sands serves on the boards of Dallas CASA, which advocates for children in foster care, and Trusted World, a disaster and humanitarian relief organization.

“Volunteering with CASA makes me feel like I am making a personal impact by allowing me to advocate in the courtroom and visit my cases in their foster home,” Sands said. “I am happy to support Trusted World as a board member because I think that their business model is one of the best ways to efficiently serve those in need.”

Sands grew up in the Park Cities and returned to the area in 2021 to work for the Rosewood Corporation, owned by the Caroline Hunt Trust Estate.

Before that, she worked in Los Angeles and New York after college as an assistant digital media planner on the Disneyland and Resorts account at Carat and a digital investment analyst on the Audi account for PHD.

“When COVID hit New York, I decided to move back home to Dallas,” Sands said. “I currently work as a business development manager for The Rosewood Corporation and have been working on growing our subsidiary companies, Rosewood Ranches and Royalty Pecan Farms.”

Since then, in addition to her work with Dallas CASA and Trusted World, Sands has worked alongside The Rosewood Foundation and The Moozie Foundation to help those in need in the Dallas community.

“I’ve enjoyed uniting with local community members to find the best solutions. I am a part of United Way’s Tocqueville March Fellows program, which is an initiative designed to engage a diverse group of young professionals in a multi-year learning, giving, and volunteering experience,” she added. “I’ve also enjoyed working with organizations like T.R. Hoover, CEOC, BridgeBuilders, and Bonton Farms, who are making an incredible impact on South Dallas and the Bonton area.”

Toughest business/personal challenge?

I always say, “If there’s a will, there’s a way.” I’ve been in a lot of situations where I have had to be resourceful and figure things out along the way — and that’s OK. When I was redesigning the pecan packaging for Royalty Pecan Farms, I had no experience in the food industry and had to figure out how to make a bar code, nutritional label, and manufacture the packaging. It all came together in the end.

What’s on your bucket list?

I’ve always dreamed of traveling to Egypt to visit the pyramids and study their ancient culture.