Lori Thiel is a communications executive who has worked internationally with Honeywell, Porsche and the International Iron and Steel Institute, and domestically with a legacy part of Bank of America and the World Cup. She has run production, client relations, marketing, creative service and editorial for McClain Publishing and McClain Marketing & Media, the current largest client of which is a national destination management company. She has served as a board member for Irvine-based Families Forward, Mission Viejo’s Carl Hankey International Education Foundation and as a writer for San Diego Social Venture Partners and Assistance League of Capistrano Valley.