Lori Patton is the Administrative Assistant in the Dean’s office within the College of Arts and Letters, where she provides administrative support to the Dean and Associate Deans of the college, serves as office manager, and oversees the college budget planning, purchasing, and monitoring as well as the Staff Advisory Committee and commencement. Lori started her career with James Madison University in September 2017, and brings over 25 years of experience working in the private sector to include the Banking industry as well as in Education.

Lori and her husband Bart have 2 exceptional adult children and one beautiful granddaughter. Lori enjoys all kinds of gardening (herbs especially), journaling, photography, hiking, travel, genealogy, reading, and spending time with family and friends.