Lori works and lives in Mt. Vernon, Illinois with her husband and two teenage daughters. She is currently a Masters of Science in Accountancy student at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Her prior experience in finance has been as a finance director for a local real estate investment start-up and as office manager for an asphalt company. Her first degree is a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education which she used to run her own licensed daycare out of her home while her daughters were young.

Lori is currently working as a Finance Associate handling accounting for the car washes and assisting in any other capacity necessary.