Lori Steele Contorer, founder and CEO of Everyone Counts, is the world's top expert in election modernization, pioneering the adoption of software as a service and bringing proven state-of-the-art technologies, already proven in other mission-critical industries, to make elections more accessible, affordable, transparent, and secure. The transformation has begun, and her visionary leadership in business, innovation, and elections led to Lori to being named in 2013 to FORTUNE magazine's 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list, a winner of the San Diego Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business award, and inducted into Bowling Green State University's Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame.

Since founding Everyone Counts, Lori has led successful election administration and voting projects in countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Australia, involving voters located in over 165 countries, as well as for the iconic Oscar and Emmy awards. Lori previously served as a technology investor as vice president at Solomon Smith Barney, specializing in emerging and state-of-the-art technologies globally.

A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Lori's election modernization expertise is frequently called on by legislators from around the world and by the media, including TIME, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Politico, and the New York Times.