Biography
Lori is a Principal and Global Hospitality Leader based in Chicago, with more than 25 years of experience creating experience-driven environments across hotel, restaurant, retail, and workplace sectors in the U.S. and around the world.
Her creative design direction and deep understanding of the end user inform her leadership across a diverse range of projects. Lori works closely with leading clients, including Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Universal Destinations & Experiences, and Marriott, while applying a hospitality lens to retail and fitness brands, including Neiman Marcus, Studio Three, El Palacio, and Sam Edelman.
Lori regularly shares her perspectives on hospitality, design, and sustainability through speaking engagements, panels, podcasts, and industry publications. Recent engagements include a panel at BDNY on sustainable design and contributions to IIDA’s Perspective and Day in the Life series. She has been featured on Top Floor with Susan Barry and in Hospitality Design and Suite Success. Lori serves as an Advisory Board Member for Purdue West Lafayette's Interior Design Program, where she mentors emerging design talent.
Applying a hospitality lens means designing beyond the space to consider the guest, the journey, and moments of connection. When we design for how people feel, we create places where meaningful memories are made.
Selected Projects
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Qualifications and Recognition
Bachelor of Interior Design, Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago
NCIDQ
LEED Green Associate
Member, IIDA
Bisnow’s Chicago Women Leading Real Estate, 2024
Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago, New City Design, 2024
Speaker, University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Design, 2026
Panelist, “Making the Business Case for Sustainable Design,” BDNY, 2025
Panelist, JLL AAPI Industry Leaders, Pan-Asian Heritage Month Celebration Panel
Panelist, “How Generative AI is Changing Design,” NeoCon, 2024
Speaker, “IIDA Collective Design LIVE: The Future of Experience
Advisory Board Member, Purdue West Lafayette Interior Design Program