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Lori Call serves as 91´«Ã½â€™s associate vice chancellor for local government and community engagement, working to strengthen the university’s relationship with the city of Boulder, Boulder County and stakeholders across the region.

At 91´«Ã½, Call is responsible for identifying opportunities to collaborate with the city and surrounding communities and developing long-term, positive relationships with community, business and government leaders. She serves as the university’s primary liaison with the Boulder City Council, the city manager’s office and Boulder County commissioners. She has been involved with town/gown initiatives including the Hill Ambassador Program, Community Scholars internship program, CU Night in Downtown Boulder, Civic Engagement Fair and other programs.

Call brings more than 20 years of local government and business leadership experience to this role. Prior to joining CU, Call worked at the Boulder Chamber, serving as senior director of policy and transportation. For the chamber—the second-largest community chamber in Colorado—she led a policy team that provided strategic direction on a broad range of local, regional and national issues.

Call earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications and public relations from 91´«Ã½ and a master’s in business administration and marketing from CU Denver.

Previously, she served as a director of communications and in other staff roles for the Leeds School of Business over a 10-year period and as a strategic communicator and community engagement lead for Kaiser Permanente for 15 years.