Lore
Raymond is an inspiring spirit, world traveler,
humanitarian, and lifelong student. With two
Masters in Human Resources, and Education,
this founder of Women as Visionaries, helps
women reinvent themselves through her coaching,
retreats, speaking, writing and VisionQuest
travel programs.
While co-leading a spiritual group to Peru,
Lore received a special gift from the shaman-guide,
a black feather from a condor, the sacred
bird of the Inca. The shaman told her: “You
are a “chacaruna”, a bridge person
whose purpose it is to guide people from where
they are now—to their highest good.”
Inspired by that knowledge, she created VisionQuests:
trips that combine spirituality, service to
others, and sightseeing to locales including
Bali, Assisi, Italy, Maui, and the beautiful
mountain country of North Carolina.
An
award-winning communicator and program visionary,
Lore has also worked in leadership roles for
the first Winter Olympics-Arts Festival; the
first executive director of the Plattsburgh,
N.Y. Downtown Development Association; the
Pinellas Suncoast Chamber of Commerce—an
association of 14 local chambers, the only
one of its kind in the US at the time and;
Eckerd College. She has also served as a consultant
with the Patel Foundation for Global Understanding
and the Bali Institute for Global Renewal.
During
the past two decades, Lore has successfully
spoken to and/or guided 7,000+ individuals
in organizations and non-profits though a
transformative process she calls “VisionMapping.”
Lore’s life-work is inspired by the
passion of leaving a legacy of service to
women because she believes that “as
women go, so goes the world.”
Lore
is writing a book called, Heart of the New
Visionary: The Four-Chamber Pathway.
