Lorie Bousquet
Lorie Bousquet, conference coordinator, has worked for the MU Conference Office since July 1999. She coordinates conferences with specializations in agriculture, health, engineering, and education. Her largest client is the Early Childhood Section, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, who offers the "Conference on the Young Years" in the Spring of each year.
Bousquet has been employed with the University of Missouri since 1994. Previous to working for the MU Conference Office, she served as a medical student/resident program assistant at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In this capacity, she coordinated the OB/GYN medical student programs.
Sandi Strother
Sandi Strother is a 1986 graduate of MUs Journalism School, and has worked in the Conference Office since July 2005. As coordinator, Sandi works with many groups such as FCCLA, Write To Learn, County Program Directors and Missouri Association for Blacks in Higher Education. Sandi has spent the past twenty years working in the advertising, marketing and special events field and has coordinated a variety of special events including fairs, festivals, reunions, gala events, conferences and conventions around the state of Missouri.
Education:
Bachelor of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Professional Memberships:
Professional Convention Management
Association (PCMA)
Learning Resources Network (LERN)