Lori Packer, Web Editor, University of Rochester

Lori Packer is the web editor at the University of Rochester, where she and her team are responsible for the design, maintenance, and content development for several central University websites, including the University’s homepage and news site. Lori is also part of the design and editorial team for Futurity.org, a news site hosted at Rochester and focusing on the latest innovations coming out of the world’s leading research universities.

Before coming to higher ed, Lori was the lead U.S. editor for MSN Search — Microsoft’s pre-Bing search engine. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Lock Haven University and a master’s degree in communications from the University of Washington. She recently completed her MSLIS from the iSchool at Syracuse University, because libraries are amazing. Lori is a Phillies fan, a beer snob, and an insomniac. She is a huge geek who loves Supernatural, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Game of Thrones. She could go on.