Lori van Rossem

Lori has been a part of The Children’s Garden Preschool since its inception, first as a parent of a child in the founding class, later as a Robins and Owls teacher and currently as the Assistant Director and CFO.

She returned to the classroom four years ago as a fill-in teacher due to a staffing change, and discovered her reignited passion for teaching.  However, when the school closed as a result of lockdown in March 2020 and then then subsequently reopened as a smaller outdoor program in summer of 2020, Lori migrated to managing all of the financial aspects of the school, remotely.  Lori’s breadth of work, experience and service to the school since its beginnings means you can ask her just about anything related to the running of TCG and she’ll likely have the answer!

In her spare time, Lori enjoys yoga, travel – particularly visits to see her family in Ohio, to get away to the North Georgia mountains or the Carolina coast.

Lori is the parent of two college students, one at Oglethorpe University and another at Georgia State University.  Lori and her family have lived in Candler Park for over 25 years.