Primary Job Title Executive Director Primary Organization Joules Accelerator
Location Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Female
Investor Stage
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Lori is Owner and Principal of Collins Climate Consulting. Her prior experience in Energy includes Executive Director of Joules Accelerator and President of Abundant Power Solutions. Prior Financial Services experience includes Executive Team member at LendingTree, SVP- Mutual Funds at Bank of America, VP at Fidelity Investments and Board member of
the Charlotte Angel Fund.
Lori was a member of the original Executive Team at LendingTree that grew the company from $7 million to $476 million in revenue over seven years. She led the core business with $250 million in revenues and assisted in the sale of LendingTree to IAC (Nasdaq: IAC) in 2003.
Lori earned at MSc in Carbon Management from the University of Edinburgh, MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University, and BS-Business from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Lori serves on numerous Boards within Charlotte’s cultural and philanthropic community and on the Advisory Board of Finsophy, a financial technology venture. Outside of work, she enjoys skiing, tennis, travel and hiking – including a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010.
