Lori earned her M.F.A. in Directing at Northern Illinois University and has worked as a freelance artist and teacher in Chicago for the Playwright's Center, Magic If Productions, The Goodman Theatre, and Loyola University. Locally, she has directed for the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre and the Harwood Prairie Playhouse. Lori currently serves as a site evaluator for the National Association for Schools of Theatre and as a member of the Region V Advisory Board and regional selection team for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.