“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

Benjamin Franklin

This quote is a mantra for project management – it’s all about planning. That is the focus of LoriLu Consulting – working with non-profits and small businesses to plan, organize and execute initiatives within time, scope and budget.

Lori Luis and her team work primarily with organizations in Brooklyn, New York. We are skilled at assessing the needs of an organization, structuring a plan of action, determining the timeline for execution and creating an attainable budget. Using their templates, technology and administrative skills, LoriLu is able to keep the costs of their services reasonable.

Who we are

Lori Luis
President & CEO

Lori Luis founded LoriLu Consulting, LLC in 2010 as a project management consulting firm, aimed at bringing a modified version of this corporate methodology to her local community in Brooklyn, New York. Targeting small businesses, non-profits, and other community organizations, LoriLu is committed to showing how this skill set will help achieve their goals on time and within budget. Lori is a seasoned Project Management and Human Resources professional with over 25 years of experience at Merrill Lynch, as First Vice President and Head of HR Information Systems and Project Management. She has also worked at the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President as the Executive Director of Strategic Alliances and Marketing. A devoted Brooklynite, Lori resides in Canarsie.

Denese Hall
Senior Project Manager

Denese Hall is a seasoned human resources professional with over 30 years of experience, including roles as Assistant Vice President and Problem Manager at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, working on Process Design & Business Analysis in support of system security across multiple HR Applications.
After retiring, Denese embraced new opportunities in the non-profit sector, which further fueled her commitment to community service. She continues to make a difference through Clothed With Love, Inc., the nonprofit organization she founded in 2001, which provides vital support to individuals and families in need.
Originally from London, England, Denese has called Brooklyn home for nearly 40 years.

Erin McFadden
Technical Project Manager

Erin McFadden is a systems & tech consultant for small businesses in Brooklyn. She is also a Senior Research Consultant at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) and a reproductive justice activist with National Women's Liberation. She previously managed candidate research and operations as the second full-time employee of The David Prize, and was a lead coordinator in Gowanus Mutual Aid. Erin earned her MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics in 2019, and her BA from Rutgers University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Her perennial concerns with reproductive justice, labor rights, public goods & space, and civic engagement have been consistent themes in all of her work thus far.