About Us

Kit and Lauren created Third to First to help employers change the underlying systems that perpetuate inequality in their organizations.  

After practicing insurance law for 28 years and leading Reed Smith’s Global Women’s Initiative Network for eight years, Kit is devoting herself to sharing what she has learned through the products and services provided by Third to First. These innovative solutions are the result of Kit's data-driven approach to adjusting well-worn systems within an organization. This approach rigorously examines policies through the lens of workplace equity and safety. It is a key component to understanding our stubborn failure to attract and retain a fair, productive and balanced workforce.  The return on investment of this pragmatic, confidential work is demonstrably superior to old, expensive, ineffective approaches. 

As CEO for Third to First, Kit provides clients with decades of legal experience and a data driven innovative product that ensures measurable outcomes for  ending sexual harassment in the workplace.  

Lauren spent the first 20 years of her career working in professional services firms, holding administrative, marketing, and business development roles. These environments included legal, venture capital, executive recruiting, investment banking, and financial consulting firms. As a result of this path and her personal experiences in these spaces, Lauren has developed a deep understanding of structural legal and financial systems, and the motivations and drivers of corporate decision makers.   As Co-Founder of Third to First, Lauren brings expertise in purpose-driven marketing to benefit clients, who will experience compelling communications and recruiting upsides by changing the underlying systems in their organizations that perpetuate inequality.