Meet the Cotton Crews Team

Growing up on the water in South Florida, Lauren fell in love with salt water at a young age. Boating, sailing, and water sports played a huge role in her adolescence. After graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic University with a degree in communications and marketing, she combined those degrees with her passion for the water and joined Rybovich Superyacht Marina in early 2006. At Rybovich, Lauren was highly involved in marketing, guest services, and events. In 2011, Lauren joined Worth Avenue Yachts as part of their marketing and brokerage team. Over time, after consistently connecting friends to yacht jobs, Lauren realized there was a high demand for quality crew placement. Lauren started Cotton Crews in 2013 and has since been committed to providing the highest level of service and dedication to her clients. More recently, Lauren saw a need for safe, clean crew housing. Cotton Crews now houses over 200 crew members between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. In September 2018, Cotton Crews launched two apps, Cotton Crew HIRE and Cotton Crew JOBS. Lauren was recently featured in the Palm Beach Post, Talk of the Palm Beaches Radio Show, interviewed on The Crew Coach and selected as one of Palm Beach Atlantic University’s 50 Notable Alumni.

As we continue to grow, we added Dawn Williamson to our team in 2021. You may have received an email from Jobs@CottonCrews.com that was straight from her! Dawn was born and raised in Stuart, FL, and grew up spending time in the Bahamas. Recently, she’s moved back to Stuart with her two daughters. Dawn has a background in customer service and staffing. This combined with her love of the

Matt has spent numerous years connecting yacht chefs with high end provisions in South Florida. Now we use him to help crew and boats find accommodations in West Palm Beach. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in Business Administration. Matt would rather be fishing, but most of his time is spent organizing crew housing and trying to facilitate work for the crew staying in our houses.