Lori Heninger is the Director of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). INEE is a network dedicated to ensuring that all people have access to safe, quality, relevant education in crisis, crisis-prone and crisis recovery contexts. Started in 2000, INEE has over 6,000 members from over 130 countries.

Dr. Heninger has worked in the international humanitarian and diplomatic field for 14 years, and in the United States with people who are homeless prior to that.  Her areas of work include education in crisis and conflict, children and armed conflict and the international financial architecture. 

Lori received her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the City University Graduate Center, both in New York City.