Lorri Highet • Director, Heart of Florida United Way's Volunteer Resource Center

Lorri Highet is the Director of your Heart of Florida United Way’s Volunteer Resource Center. She spent the first 13 years of her career in corporate America, and after discovering the joy of community involvement, converted to a “non-profit junkie”. Prior to joining the Heart of Florida United Way, Lorri served as Director of Volunteer and Food Services for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida for five+ years. There she was responsible for soliciting and managing all donated resources, as well as ensuring efficient kitchen operations. During that time, she directed over a thousand volunteer projects ranging in size from two to 600 volunteers, including the Coalition’s Community Meal Service program that utilizes over 3,000 volunteers every year and their annual Taste of the Nation and Hearts of Gold events. In addition, Lorri has served as Executive Director of the American Red Cross in St. Croix, USVI.