Lori Wicker is the Executive Vice President and the Director of STEM Education Outreach Program.

Lori C. Wicker was born on April,1974 at Moncrief Army Hospital at Fort Jackson, Columbia SC. She is the daughter of Private E-2 Joe D. Johnson (Korean War Veteran) and Flora Ann B. Johnson. She is the mother of 2 Teenage daughters. Member of Mount Horeb Methodist Church in Lexington SC. She is active in her community by volunteering with Future Business Leaders of America, Solider Angels, Special Olympic, Juvenile Diabetes Association, Girl Scouts of SC Mountains to Midlands, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, USO.

She is a graduate from Lexington High School and Lexington Technology Center in 1992. She got her degree in Office System Technology, Human Resources and Minor in Child Psychology from Midland-Technology College and University of South Carolina from 1992 thru 1995.

She did a 2-year work Study with Lexington Veterans Affairs from 1992-1994. In 1994 thru 1999 Bellsouth/Pitney Bowes as Customer service advisor, interacting with customers to provide answers to inquiries. 1999 thru 2015 She worked with SCE&G as a Small Business Customer Services representative and Energy Wise representative. 2015- present Celebrate Freedom Foundation as Program Manager for STEM, JROTC education: handling the JROTC Award for Excellence in Academics Program for each year to recognize cadets enrolled worldwide in the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps JROTC units. Logistics Operations Manager: responsible for procuring and managing millions of dollars of equipment, training aids and spare parts She also helps with recruiting volunteers, Managing the CFF’s Facebook page. Assisting in airshows and festival programs. She is also serving as an important member of the STEM team that travels to schools across the Southeastern US each school year.