Lorrel serves as a member of the Piedmont City Council where she sets city-wide policy to benefit her community and acts as the liaison to the city’s Planning Commission. She is a US Army Veteran, attorney, and data scientist. She is well-versed in policy analysis and has over 15 years of experience as a practicing patent attorney specializing in software technology. Most recently, she worked as Managing Director for a consulting company she founded to provide data and technology support for mission driven non-profit organizations.

She served eight years on the board of the League of Women Voters of Piedmont including as president for four years. Within her League she helped plan and moderate live interviews with nationally and internationally recognized speakers on policy issues that reached members from dozens of local Leagues in over a dozen different states. She overhauled her League’s technology systems to enhance their communications and outreach, which resulted in increased membership and a 15-fold expansion of their newsletter subscribers. She serves on the board of StopWaste, a public agency that helps Alameda County’s businesses, residents, and schools waste less, recycle properly, and use water, energy, and other resources efficiently.

Lorrel has a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Boston College Law School, and a Master of Information and Data Science degree from U.C. Berkeley. She lives in Piedmont with her husband, two teenagers and their dog, Duncan. When she’s not creating graphics or tinkering with a data science project, she can be found baking sourdough bread or out walking the dog around town with a political news podcast in her ear.