Lori Cooney is a program director and universal instructional design specialist at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Lori directs grant activities for Future Quest Island, an online, fully accessible college and career readiness adventure for all elementary and middle school students funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs.

Lori has received a MassCUE Pathfinder Award, as well as a Technology Humanist Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and is recognized as a Christa McAuliffe Teacher by the Challenger Learning Center at Framingham State University.