Lori Klamo graduated Ohio University in the winter of 2002 with a B.B.A. in Marketing and Management Information Systems (MIS). During her college career, she worked on campus selling advertising for The OU Post, was the Marketing Manager for Baker Center, and held internships with Nationwide Insurance (programmer) and Enterprise Rent-a-Car (sales). She got her first job at Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, NC as an Online Marketing Manager and was recruited by Microsoft in 2005 to join their Search Advertising Sales team. She has held a variety of roles at Microsoft, including over 10 years in management. She pivoted her career path in 2018 to focus on employee experience within Microsoft, including her current role as a Sr. Change Manager driving large scale change transformation in their Enterprise Commercial group.
Lori has been involved with Ohio University since she became an alum, as the VP of the Charlotte chapter, Exec Board of the NY/NJ chapter, and Social Media chair for the Chicago chapter. She served on the Society of Alumni and Friends for the College of Business from 2008–2012, and was President from 2010–2012, and as Secretary and Founding Member of the Marketing Advisory Board from 2014–2018.