Lauren Morton

Educational Outreach Manager II

Lauren Morton serves as the educational outreach manager of the Clark Scholars Programs at Georgia Tech. She is the operations, academic, and well-being resource for the students. She focuses her approach on getting every Scholar to and through the Institute, centering her efforts on collaboration, creativity, service and experiential learning.

Morton joined Georgia Tech in the fall of 2021 and also serves as academic program manager for the College's Dean's Scholars programs. Morton's pre-higher education experience included progressive senior management in an acute care hospital system and grassroots community development work.

Chirag Patel

Academic Program Manager

Chirag Patel serves as academic program manager for the Clark Scholars Program at Georgia Tech. He coordinates scholarship applications and recruitment efforts, supports student programming and onboarding activities, provides mentoring to scholars, and contributes to program assessment, development, and reporting.

Patel has many years of advising and mentoring experience, including in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and at Gwinnett Technical College, New York University, and Georgia State University. He joined Georgia Tech in 2021 and came to the College of Engineer Scholars Programs in 2025. He also serves as academic program manager for the Dean’s Scholars Program.