Lori Heninger, PhD, is a poet, writer and nonprofit executive. Her over-30 years of experience in US- and internationally-based humanitarian and development work has shaped her thinking and writing; it has allowed her to listen to and learn from others with vastly different experiences and cultures. Lori’s chapbook, “Words for Women” was selected at Quillkeepers Press 2023 Fall Chapbook winner. Lori has had poems published in The Bangalore Review, Consequences; Colossus: Body and other journals. She is the author of “Managing As Mission: Nonprofit Managing for Sustainable Change,” and a book of poetry for children titled “Outside/Inside/Outside.” Lori has written for many academic publications as well as having had letters published in The New York Times. Lori lives in rural New Jersey with her husband, two dogs and a cat. She has a daughter and one grandson, and blows glass as a hobby. Lori graduated from Kean University with a degree in art education, Columbia University with a Masters in Social Work and from City University Graduate Center with a PhD in Social Welfare.