Duncan Lawrence

Duncan is the executive director of Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) and a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University. He also served as the founding executive director of IPL at Stanford from 2014-2022. He brings to IPL a wealth of diverse experience having worked directly with immigrants, nonprofits, and foundations in various roles from medical interpreter to researcher. Prior to joining IPL, Duncan co-founded a Colorado-based data analysis and research-consulting firm that provided services to major foundations and nonprofits. He has led research teams and projects in the United States and throughout Latin America. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Innovation for the Resettlement, Asylum, and Integration department at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where he established the department’s first innovation agenda.