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Lori Lennon

Lori Lennon is an advocate, communicator, and professional woman with an entrepreneurial spirit. She is the CEO and Founder of Thinkubator Media, an American Global Science Public Relations and Media Firm. Lori's company, created in December 2019, helps elevate Women in Science promote their research. The company's mission is to raise the profiles of Women in Science through communications, support and strategy.

As a graduate from Northeastern University in Boston with a degree in Journalism, Lori spent seven years working in television news, first at New England Cable News, then WBZ-TV. At a time when news websites were uncharted territory for news organizations, Lori joined a team that helped revolutionize, the way users consume news breaking stories, producing exclusive content, and developing interactive opportunities to boost a reader's engagement. During her tenure at WBZ-TV the website earned the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Broadcast Affiliated website for a large market in 2005 and 2007, and the Associated Press Award for Best TV/Media website in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 2006, 2007, 2008.

Lori transitioned to Northeastern University, where she worked her way up to the Director of Communications for the College of Science. Her experience as a communicator has afforded her the opportunity to work with leading researchers who are tackling some of the biggest and most important issues of our time, such as climate change, renewable energy, and drug discovery. Lori's work spanned across many communication disciplines while at Northeastern, including strategic planning, messaging, public relations, editorial writing, digital marketing and communications, context development, marketing and communications for recruitment, and email marketing strategies and implementation. During her tenure, Lori was a member of several communications group, a member of the College of Science Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and an advisor for the student-run magazine, NU SCI.

Lori is the co-host of the political commentary podcast, Politics and Prosecco, a board member for Emerge Massachusetts, an organization that trains Democratic women to run for office, and works on communications initiatives that she is passionate about.

Lori, an alumna of Emerge Massachusetts, ran for state representative in 2018 on a platform focused on innovation and technology, affordable childcare and livable wages for our childcare professionals, and fixing our public transportation system. Lori has volunteered on a number of local races, especially for her emerging sisters, where she has learned about what it takes, and what is missing, when running for office.