Transylvania Vocational Services (TVS) is proud to welcome Lora Allemeier as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
“I’m excited and humbled to have the opportunity to lead TVS in its 57th year in providing meaningful employment to individuals with disabilities and to our community,” said Allemeier. “I am committed to build upon the extraordinary success and history of TVS. It’s an added delight to be expanding employment to meet our growing demands from customers.”
With a profound commitment to serving individuals with challenges and disabilities, coupled with a proven track record of strategic leadership and management including manufacturing, Allemeier is excited to contribute to the continued success and growth of TVS.
“I’m really looking forward to getting to know the amazing TVS team, our customers and consumers around the world,” Allemeier says.
Allemeier has spent her career and personal life working in developing products, services and solutions for high impact, disabling illnesses including mental health at Eli Lilly, HIV at GSK, profound hearing loss at Cochlear and, most recently, dementia and dialysis at Harvard spin-out Cerulean Scientific.
Most recently, she has served as CEO of Ocean Optics, an optical sensing manufacturer, based in Orlando, FL and Cerulean Scientific, based in Durham, North Carolina. She also serves as a mentor at Duke University for faculty and students who are starting new companies.
Allemeier is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and completed her MBA at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
She grew up on a farm in southern Indiana and has lived in Brevard since 2018. Locally, Allemeier has served as the Board President of Sharing House.
She is continuously inspired to support and to mentor people to achieve their goals. Allemeier is thrilled to be part of TVS and its mission. She says, “I am looking forward to leading TVS forward into the decades to come.”