Lori Gentles
Chief People Officer
Lori has dedicated 20 plus years’ inspiring and leading strategic organization wide initiatives in various complex and diverse public sector agencies.
Over the years, she has established a professional brand as a Cultural Architect specializing in designing, building, and cultivating a culture that embraces employee empowerment and leverages individual and collective genius through creativity, diversity, equity and inclusion.
As Santa Monica’s Chief People Officer Lori’s vision is to provide highly self-motivated employees with the tools to become exceptional leaders and societal contributors by embracing concepts of self-leadership, self-investment and self-empowerment.