About Speaker

Lori Dillon was born and raised in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where she has worked her entire life in some form or fashion. She grew up going to work any chance she could with her father, who retired from the Detroit Police Department with 37 years of service.

From a young age, Dillon became passionate about protecting others. At the age of 18, she had her first security job at a local hospital until the age of 19, when she received a call from the Detroit Police Department informing her that even though they typically do not hire under the age of 21, she was accepted. Dillon started in 1996 and worked for just over 20 years, with assignments including patrol officer, Special Operations Unit, Morality Unit, Narcotics Unit and the Intelligence Section. She also worked as a Federal Task Force agent under the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the Violent Crime Task Force and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and possessed a Top-Security security clearance.

After retirement, Dillon was deputized and worked as a special agent for the State of Michigan Attorney General's Office on the Flint water crisis for two and a half years. She also worked security at a local high school and as a part-time private investigator.

Dillon was hired by Ilitch Sports and Entertainment in September 2021 as a security event coordinator, was promoted shortly after to a manager and now holds the title (along with very few other women in Major League Baseball) as director of security for the Detroit Tigers.