Lori Roddy, Executive Director

Lori Roddy (she/her) serves as the Neutral Zone’s Executive Director.  Lori has been an integral part of the NZ community starting as an intern in 2003 and then leading programs for over a decade before stepping into leadership in 2015.  Lori’s practice and teaching are focused on youth organizing, positive youth development, youth-driven practices, and adaptive and organizational leadership. In addition to providing organizational vision and strategic leadership, Lori has been instrumental in creating the Washtenaw County Youth Commission, launching the Future Corps Program as a ten-year adult transition program, and, most recently, a juvenile diversion program.  Lori has a master’s in social work from the University of Michigan.