Lori Elliott graduated from Bethel College in 1986 with a double major in secondary education and mathematics and accepted her first teaching position at the Culver Academies' Mathematics department and has been there ever since. She received her master's degree in education from Indiana University South Bend. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Mrs. Elliott is also the varsity volleyball coach. While in college she started and played both volleyball and softball for four years. She has been married to her husband, Kyle, for twenty-four years and together they have two children Kirsten (graduated from the academy last year) and Trent (a ninth grader at the community high school).