Lorelei is a seasoned management professional with a successful track record of leading organizations, boards and departments in operational and strategic capacities. Alongside collaborating with partner firms, her most recent work experiences include serving as the Chief of Staff for the City of Philadelphia’s Office of the Managing Director, where she managed operational initiatives for the largest department in Philadelphia city government, including projects related to COVID response; she served as Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers’ first Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for creating and maintaining strategic partnerships to further FIGHT’s programmatic and clinical work; and she is a founding member/former co-chair of the Technology Learning Collaborative, Philadelphia’s first professional development association for digital equity professionals and advocates. Lorelei’s career experience includes project management of large-scale, federal and privately funded programs for youth and adults, resource development, program evaluation, strategic planning, board development and operations management in the non-profit, government and health care sectors.

Lorelei holds a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Visual Arts from Fordham University, an M.A. in Media Studies from the New School, and a Certificate in Fundraising from the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she has worked as a Program Officer for Public/Private Ventures, an Associate Director for the Asian Arts Initiative, and is a 2010, 2012 and 2013 photography grantee for the Leeway Foundation. Her photography and videography work can be viewed at http://loreleigauthier.com.  She currently resides in Northeast Ohio and parents a young trendsetter.