Lauren S. Haynie, MBA

2025 RECIPIENT

ACHF College Well-Being Award

“PantrySoft Implementation and Healthy Alternative Meal Cards at the Brandeis Food Pantry”

Food insecurity is a leading public health issue in the United States and can negatively impact college students’ health, academic success, and overall well-being. The objective of this project is to significantly impact food insecurity on campus by enhancing pantry efficiency and by providing pantry users nutritional education through recipe cards that include pantry-provided items. PantrySoft™ is a software platform specifically designed for food pantries that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the university pantry. In addition to providing several features designed to protect student privacy and make registering for services easier, the software offers efficiencies to the staff and volunteers who manage the pantry’s operations.

About the Project Director:
Lauren S. Haynie is the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, Health, Wellness, and Career and provides strategic and managerial leadership for the Brandeis Student Health Center; Counseling Center; Prevention, Advocacy, and Resource Center; and the Hiatt Career Center—in addition to being a member of the vice-presidential leadership team. Haynie joined Brandeis University in 2019 as director of athletics, overseeing the university’s athletics program, enhancing the student-athlete experience, helping to guide and mentor the athletics staff and coaches across all 19 varsity teams, and promoting an intentional emphasis on department efforts promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Haynie arrived at Brandeis with nearly two decades of experience in collegiate athletics, including at Wellesley College, MIT, and the Catholic University of America.

Haynie graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2000 with a degree in kinesiology and received her Master of Science degree in education from Old Dominion University in 2002. She received her Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University in 2014 and earned a graduate certificate in leadership and diversity in sport management from the University of Connecticut in 2017. She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the higher education program.