In 2023, Lori retired from the Public Service as a senior executive with over 40 years of public sector experience.  

She started her career with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) as a front line correctional officer and during her 30-year tenure, she held a number of increasingly senior level positions including Warden, Director General and Senior Deputy Commissioner of the department.

After her time at CSC, Lori continued to work in high level executive positions in other departments where she excelled in advancing key government priorities. This included leading Canada’s emergency and crisis management responses and revitalizing world-class immigration programs that ensured the successful integration of newcomers and upheld Canada’s humanitarian values and obligations. In 2023, Lori concluded her career as the Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada and the Chief Operating Officer of Service Canada.

Lori is recognized as a strategic, inspiring and empathetic leader who prioritizes people and as someone who makes a real difference in the lives of others. She champions equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives and advocates for mental health awareness. She’s also received recognition for her the focus she placed throughout her career on nurturing and developing leadership capacity in managers and executives across the public service. She is a lifelong volunteer with United Way as well as a recipient of the Exemplary Service Medal and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Always passionate about giving back and service to others, Lori now dedicates her time to various volunteer groups as well as working as a consultant with public and private organizations.

As a life long resident of Napanee she and her husband Daryl enjoy spending time with their children, grandchildren, friends and family and supporting their community.