Lori Dahlhoff, EdD
Executive Director
Religious Education Department
Lori Dahlhoff assumed duties as executive director of the Religious Education Department on September 1, 2011. From 2001 to 2011 she served as a parish services team member for catechesis for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, where she helped develop and implement an interdisciplinary department to provide planning, consultation, and strategic support for the archbishop, parishes, and schools of the archdiocese. Previously she held positions at the archdiocese as director of leadership formation for catechesis and director of adult faith formation.
From 1994 to 2003 she also served as an adjunct instructor in the ministry formation program for the Diocese of St. Cloud, in collaboration with St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Dr. Dahlhoff was faith formation coordinator of the Church of St. Peter in St. Cloud, Minnesota, from 1992 to 1996, and consultant for ministries for persons with disabilities and catechist formation for the Diocese of St. Cloud from 1996 to 2001. She was an NCEA Catechetical Scholar in 2003 and 2004.
Dahlhoff obtained a bachelor of arts degree in biology from Southwest State University in Minnesota, and a master of arts in pastoral ministry from the School of Theology and Seminary, St John’s University, and a doctorate of education from Hamline University. She also holds a certificate in dispute resolution from the Hamline University School of Law.
Established in 1904, the NCEA is the largest private professional education organization in the world, representing 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6 million students in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, in religious education programs, in seminaries, and in colleges and universities.