Thoughtfully Supporting Projects with Heart

Lora Menter Strategy Studio offers research, strategy, and content-based services to organizations focused on catalyzing personal and collective well-being. She blends pragmatism with idealism to help ground, center, and inspire the considered evolution of what we create together and for each other.

Lora's toolbox includes degrees in sustainable systems engineering, business economics, and psychology, as well as over a decade of strategy and venture development work. Her industry expertise includes health and wellness, food and beverage, learning and play, and sustainability.

“Lora helped us develop products both strategically and quickly at the same time, which is a rare feat. She was able to understand our objectives, find actionable research and scientific basis to support them, then collaborate with the design team to create feature sets that delivered on the vision. She’s a team player and wonderful to work with.”
- Steve Harschbarger, President & CTO of Monj.com

About Lora

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Lora is a freelance contractor who lives in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on supporting organizations with a deep commitment to the well-being of people and the natural world. She graduated from The University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Sustainable Systems Engineering and Business Economics and from the California Institute of Integral Studies with an MA in East-West Psychology. (She/They)

To learn more, visit her LinkedIn page or see her experience here.

“Lora can see the thousand foot view all the way down to the daily minutia, which allows her to frame, contextualize, and clarify any endeavor. She is one of those rarest individuals who has an incredible intellectual capacity, immense practical application skill, and a kind and creative heart that makes her an absolute gift to any team.”
- Chelsea Howe, Former Director of Design at SuperBetter.com

Offerings

Organizational, Market, and User Research
Strategic Literature Reviews
Translating Research into Design Principles, Research Reports, Strategic Recommendations, and More

Design for Well-Being
Support for the Design of Products, Services, Programs, or Experiences
Support for Purpose-Based Business and Brand Strategy

Long-Form Writing: White Papers, Reports, Guides, and More
Instructional Content: Strategy, Writing, Editing

WORK WITH ME

“Lora is the person I always want on my team. While I rely on her for her expertise and depth of knowledge, it is, above all, her creative approach to solving a problem that I find most valuable. Whether she is leading a project or collaborating with a team, she consistently guides us to a strategic solution through her dynamic method of thinking.”
- JR Farel, Design Lead at Monj.com

Clients & Collaborations

“I hired Lora to work with Conveners.org in the scoping and design of our Convening Circles program in 2018. She is an excellent writer with stellar communication design skills, and she is also exceptionally well organized. She brought both a creative and process mindset to the project that was essential to the program design. I would highly recommend Lora for any design, project management, writing, and systems design work you may need.”
- Avary Kent, Executive Director of Conveners.org

My Work Is…

Strategic: With experience that merges human-centered design, business principles, and holistic psychology, my work is always grounded in systems-level thinking and organizational goals.

Creative: My work is often more than a slide deck. It’s collaboration with a design team, multi-modal content design, and more. My work honors that communication, creation, and learning happen in many different ways.

Collaborative: Finding creative answers takes a variety of perspectives. And uncovering a path forward requires listening to and learning from those involved. I enjoy working with teams and other project partners to help create solid, considered work.

WORK WITH ME

"In a world of increasing complexity and automation, new ideas matter more than ever. I've worked with Lora in several start-up companies where a diverse range of strategic and executional skills made her the go-to Swiss Army knife of every organization. But, it was always her ideas—fresh, new, compelling—that distinguished her as an exceptional executive."
- John Yost, Former CEO of SuperBetter.com

“Lora is a rare true strategic thinker. She brings a systems design approach, able to bring simplicity and elegant thinking to complicated topics. Lora is intensely bright and curious with a deep student mindset, particularly in the areas of human and planetary health.”
- Adam DeVito, CEO of Monj.com