Lori lives in Essex Junction with her husband Jon and son Sam. They own and operate Maplehurst Florist, a third-generation family business on Lincoln Street as well as Sam’s Scoop Shop. Lori is a full-time operations analyst with global research company LexisNexis. In the Vermont House Lori is the Ranking Member on the House Health Care Committee.
Over the past two terms Lori has focused efforts on ensuring Vermonters can take care of their families by supporting paid family leave and increasing minimum wage, ensuring strong schools and childcare, addressing climate change, protecting women's reproductive health, and protecting youth by raising the smoking age to 21. As ranking member of the health care committee she led and helped pass legislation expanding telehealth, codifying into state law consumer protections found in the Affordable Care Act including pre-existing conditions bans, the pandemic emergency healthcare legislation and ensured the coronavirus relief funds were allocated strategically and equitably.
Lori has been a community volunteer for many years working to foster a foundation to ensure Essex Junction is a vibrant, healthy place to live and do business. Some of her work involved grassroots efforts leading to community partnerships created to nurture downtown revitalization and foster communication and planning between the Town of Essex and the Village of Essex Junction. Other work involved established municipal organizations that ensure the safety of our residents while focusing on the policy and infrastructure that will allow our community to prosper. Lori worked with a team to create, launch and lead the Five Corners Farmers Market, was instrumental in creating the Village Bike Walk committee and is a member of the Gather At The Table planning committee.
Experience:
Over the past two terms Lori has focused efforts on ensuring Vermonters can take care of their families by supporting paid family leave and increasing minimum wage, ensuring strong schools and childcare, addressing climate change, protecting women's reproductive health, and protecting youth by raising the smoking age to 21. As ranking member of the health care committee she led and helped pass legislation expanding telehealth, codifying into state law consumer protections found in the Affordable Care Act including pre-existing conditions bans, the pandemic emergency healthcare legislation and ensured the coronavirus relief funds were allocated strategically and equitably.
Lori has been a community volunteer for many years working to foster a foundation to ensure Essex Junction is a vibrant, healthy place to live and do business. Some of her work involved grassroots efforts leading to community partnerships created to nurture downtown revitalization and foster communication and planning between the Town of Essex and the Village of Essex Junction. Other work involved established municipal organizations that ensure the safety of our residents while focusing on the policy and infrastructure that will allow our community to prosper. Lori worked with a team to create, launch and lead the Five Corners Farmers Market, was instrumental in creating the Village Bike Walk committee and is a member of the Gather At The Table planning committee.
Experience:
- Village Trustee, 2011 to 2019
- Gather At The Table planning committee
- Heart and Soul of Essex, Board Member
- University of Vermont Children's Hospital Advisory Committee
- Five Corners Farmers Market former President, Treasurer
- Essex Junction Parks and Recreation Governance Committee, former member
- Essex Junction Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, former member
- Essex Junction Capital Committee, former member
- Building Healthy Communities Grant Committee, former member
- Vermont Leadership Institute Graduate 2016
