Lori possesses nearly 20-years’ experience specializing in the development of mitigation and management strategies to address biodiversity-related risks and impacts related to private sector developments in emerging market countries globally. She is the lead author of IFC’s Performance Standard (PS) 6, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (2012) and its accompanying Guidance Note (GN) 6. Lori undertook her postgraduate studies in conservation biology at the University California, Berkeley.