SERVICES OVERVIEW
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LF Consulting, LLC specializes in designing high-quality career and technical education programs tailored to meet the unique needs of your educational institution and local industry partners ensuring alignment with workforce needs and state standards.
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LF Consulting, LLC performs progress monitoring and comprehensive program evaluations to provide our clients with actionable insights and strategies to address specific challenges, validate strengths, secure funding, recruit qualified educators, and optimize resources.
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LF Consulting, LLC facilitates opportunities to create invaluable partnerships among key stakeholders enabling the exchange of essential resources and collaboration toward a shared goal of building a robust pipeline of skilled workers.
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LF Consulting, LLC provides strategic guidance to educational institutions, industry partners, and state agencies. We focus on building programs and partnerships that prepare students for successful careers in critical industries. Our commitment to excellence and leadership in CTE ensures that we are shaping the future of education today while addressing the workforce needs of tomorrow.
Empowerment fuels our journey to innovation and success, enabling everyone to contribute their best.
At LF Consulting, LLC, our mission is to address training and workforce needs by building coordinated partnerships and facilitating essential dialogue and collaboration between key stakeholders resulting in a strategic path to robust talent development.
We offer customized services to advise, develop, and implement
high-quality career and technical education (CTE) programs that align
with your unique economic conditions.
We identify obstacles and create targeted strategies to provide a clear path to implementation and successful outcomes.
Our comprehensive program monitoring and evaluation services focus
on high-quality program framework areas ensuring alignment between education, state agencies, and industry goals.
Through concentrated efforts, we can ensure that education, state agencies, and industry align their goals to foster an environment
that supports student success and industry growth.
LORI FERGUSON
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
As the founder of LF Consulting, LLC, Lori brings experience as a small business owner before pursuing a second career
in education. She has served as a special education teacher, assistant principal, and career and technical education director, building a robust portfolio of expertise across various business services in the education sector. With a deep understanding
of the critical link between industry and education, she has partnered successfully with industry leaders to develop a myriad
of programs including programs that address critical workforce needs, particularly the urgent need for skilled welders, machinists, and pipefitters to support national security and defense initiatives.
As a recognized leader in CTE, Lori has held key leadership roles, including serving as the State President of the Association for Career and Technical Education, chair of the Rhode Island Association of Career and Technical Directors, and education
co-chair on CTE state advisory boards. In these roles, she has spearheaded the organization and implementation of annual state association conferences, industry networking events, and professional workshops ensuring collaboration among key stakeholders.
Lori brings invaluable expertise in recruiting qualified industry professionals into teaching careers, ensuring that the educators shaping tomorrow’s workforce are exceptionally skilled and knowledgeable. Her commitment to education extends to her role as an adjunct faculty member at Roger Williams University. She passionately teaches and mentors new CTE teachers, fostering the next generation of educators with her industry insights and experience.