Lauren Benedict is Vice President of Global Advertising Sales and Partnerships at Roku. In her role, she is responsible for global revenue efforts across Roku Media to maximize Roku’s monetization business and maintain operational excellence.

Prior to Roku, Lauren was Chief Revenue Officer at Spotter, where she led the ad sales team to accelerate growth for the world’s best creators and brands. Before Spotter, she was Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales at MNTN, building the Performance CTV Enterprise Sales team. Benedict spent over a decade at Hulu, most recently as Senior Vice President of Addressable Sales, managing programmatic capabilities and sponsorship revenue for streaming and digital across the Disney portfolio.

Lauren is a recipient of Women We Admire’s 2023 Top 50 Women Leaders of Connecticut, CableFax’s 2021 Most Powerful Women Award, and a 2020 She Runs It as a Changing the Game Recipient for the Brainwave Category. She is a founding member of Chief and certified by The Leadership Consortium. Lauren lives in Darien, CT with her husband and three children.