Lori Reynolds retired as a Lieutenant General after a 35-year career in the United States Marine Corps. Her service culminated as the Deputy Commandant for Information, a newly established Deputy Commandant that recognized the growing importance of Information, cyberspace, and digital technologies and the new warfighting domains of space and cyberspace. During her career, she commanded Marines at every rank, including command of formations in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a General Officer, she commanded the Marine Corps iconic recruit depot at Parris Island, SC, where she was responsible for recruiting and training 20,000 new Marines per year. She subsequently commanded Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, where she completed the build of the Marine Corps’ newest warfighting component and was responsible for the Marine Corp's first-ever cyber effects operations in support of the Joint Force.
In her time as the Deputy Commandant for Information, Lori was responsible for all IT, intelligence, cyberspace, space, and influence personnel and capability development for the Marine Corps. She led the team that created the Marine Corp's newest warfighting function of Information, acknowledging the growing importance of the fight for secure information and data. She built the cyberspace occupational field for the Marine Corps and initiated the creation of a new Marine component for the US Space Command.
Lori served as the senior woman in the Marine Corps for 8 years and is an expert in team building, leading diverse teams, managing complexity, risk and talent management, and organizational change management. In her last 6 years in the Marine Corps, she was a Marine Corps Corporate Board member responsible for collaboratively planning $50B annually to support USMC missions and capability development globally. Her executive responsibilities included Deputy Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer for the Marine Corps, Director of Cyber Security, and Director of Intelligence.
Lori earned a BS in political science from the United States Naval Academy, an MS from the Navy War College, and an MS from Army War College. She has voluntarily served as the Chairperson of the Board for the Sea Services Leadership Association and is a member of the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association. She was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2020 and was the inaugural recipient of the Admiral Grace Hopper Award at the National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace.
Since 2021 Lori currently serves on the Board of Directors of the U. S. Bancorp, the Board of Trustees of the American Public University System, the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Athletic & Scholarship Program, the Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University, Department of the Navy CIO USMC Information Chair of the Naval Postgraduate School Visiting Professor of the Practice at Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), and the Informed Defenders Council of AttackIQ
