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Lorilee is the founder of Thrive Creative Group, LLC. She earned her Master’s degree in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier, Vermont, and her undergrad Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Design and active alumnus in the Art and Design department today at APSU, and regularly attends workshops with her cherished VCFA cohorts and advisors to learn and research more about the true history of Graphic Design.

She also hosts her own Podcast Ground And Gratitude where her passion lies in understanding the pressures and responsibility of Graphic Designers to the world, and how to build a safe space where a creative career and life can align honestly and authentically. As an HSP and Enneagram Type 9 she’s a creative, optimistic, and supportive leader. Lorilee’s also a writer and mom to two super great boys. As well as a lover of her sobriety, bulldog, coffee, and chapstick.

BEFORE THRIVE

Lorilee has oodles of experience in business, marketing, and design from all sides. From the rural roots of growing up on a large-scale family Kentucky grain farming operation to right out of college, she began working in sales and marketing at Ethan Allen Furniture. Then, as a Graphic Designer at a local advertising agency. Lorilee then moved on to Gaylord Opryland Hotels in Nashville, TN as a Graphic Design Coordinator and later moved up to the Gaylord Hotels corporate marketing team as a web designer.

During her early career, Lorilee was also becoming an entrepreneur. She started Thrive in 2004 from her dining room table just before welcoming the first of two sons into the world. Back then, all the magic happened late nights with strong coffee! Thrive has since grown into award-winning website development, graphic design, and marketing firm with an incredible creative team of 8 hard-working kiddos