Ms. Lorbeer began her role as the library director for Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in 2013. Lorbeer’s career spans over twenty years as a librarian and administrator. She previously held positions at Boston University, Rush University Medical Center, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the past-president of the Michigan Health Sciences Library Association, elected board member to both the Medical Library Association and the Society of Scholarly Publishing, and the principal investigator to four National Network of Libraries of Medicine Express Library Digitization Award grants. She regularly consults for publishers and vendors and is a distinguished member of The Academy of Health Information Professionals. She holds the rank of Associate Professor and teaches scholarly communications within the medical education program. Ms. Lorbeer attained her undergraduate degree and earned a Master’s in Library Sciences from State University of New York at Buffalo. She then completed a Master’s of Education in Higher Education Administration from Boston University. Ms. Lorbeer is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership at Central Michigan University.