Serves as the agency’s in-house lobbyist, monitoring state legislation impacting immigrant communities, and organizing institutional members on the organization’s legislative and budget priorities.In addition, Lawrence is the executive director of Illinois Immigrant Action - ICIRR’s new 501c4 sister organization which can engage in more targeted issue advocacy work . For the 2008 general election, he managed the organization’s first GOTV voter contact project that targeted 33,000 immigrant voters spread over 1,671 precincts in Illinois’ 10th and 11th Congressional Districts. Prior to his appointment as associate director, he organized members in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago, and directed ICIRR’s State-funded programs.

In his spare time, Lawrence has managed, raised money, and volunteered on a number of political campaigns. He is a fellow in the 2009 class of Leadership Greater Chicago. He lives with his wife and three children on the Southside of Chicago.