Lori Sousa

Lori leads the agency’s strategic planning work, focused on growth opportunities and marketing of the storied agency.  She joined Meeting Street in 2017 as the Grants and Corporate Relations Officer and later served as Director of Development.  Prior to Meeting Street, Lori served as the Vice President of Marketing and Development for New Hope, Inc., a domestic and sexual violence prevention nonprofit, upon returning to her native Massachusetts following Peace Corps service in Kharkiv, Ukraine.  Before moving overseas, Lori served as the Director of Business Development for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C. where she launched the national organization’s corporate partnership program, a role she also played at the American Film Institute (AFI) in Silver Spring, Maryland.  

Lori holds a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University – where she is a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame – and a Master of Arts (Radio-Television-Film) from The University of Texas at Austin.