Please join TXWSW Austin for a holiday lunch at Verbena on Friday, December 4th from 12:00-1:30pm. Come connect and network with fellow TXWSW members. Part of the fee for the event goes to support the Young Women’s Preparatory Network.
When: Friday, December 4, 2026
12:00pm – 1:30pm CST
Where: Verbena
612 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
Valet parking is available (not covered).
Invited: Members and Non-Members
Cost: $45/member and $50/non-member
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 27, 2026
Lori Lawley currently serves at the Chief Financial Officer of Lumos Pharma. She brings over 15 years of experience and accounting expertise in overseeing financial operations, including over ten years of public company senior management experience in biotechnology. She’s been with Lumos Pharma since the merger with NewLink Genetics and led the integration of the two companies. Prior to Lumos, Lori worked at NewLink Genetics which was a biotech company that at its peak had a market cap of over $1.0 billion. As a financial leader, she successfully led the capital raise of over $100.0 million in the markets and negotiated the sale of a priority review voucher for $100.0 million. In 2024, Lori led Lumos through an from the public markets via a tender offering and now serves in the capacity as the CFO and head of business development and operations. During Lori’s tenure with NewLink and then Lumos, she has served in various management positions and overseen both the Company’s growth, restructuring, and strategic exit.
Lori started her career in public accounting Ernst & Young where she was a Senior Manager in Assurance Services. She is a licensed certified public accountant who earned a BBA in Accounting and a Masters in Professional Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, Red McCombs School of Business.
My vision for itD (innovate transform Deliver) took root during my time leading teams at industry giants like Apple and Cisco. I repeatedly encountered a frustrating void: consultancies that either levied exorbitant fees without delivering commensurate value or lacked the crucial agility and comprehensive expertise required to tackle truly complex business and technical challenges effectively. I observed a significant cultural disconnect within traditional firms, which fueled my determination to pioneer a better approach—one that genuinely served the needs of both our clients and our talented team members.
As a female founder, the path was undeniably long and fraught with challenges. However, these very experiences became the bedrock upon which I built a fundamentally different kind of company. itD is intentionally architected to address the most pressing and intricate issues confronting businesses today, championing diverse and inclusive ways of thinking that consistently translate into demonstrably superior results. This deep-seated commitment to diversity and inclusion is not just a principle; it’s a practice that has cultivated a global workforce where 54% are women and 59% are individuals from minority backgrounds, underscoring our belief that a multitude of perspectives is indispensable for driving true innovation and achieving impactful outcomes for our valued clients.
Jennifer Parker-Snider is the Chief Financial Officer at SpyCloud, Inc., an Austin-based company that disrupts cybercrime by acting on the full scope of an individual’s digital identity exposure – automating identity threat protection to secure businesses of all sizes. She brings over 30 years of global financial and operational leadership experience from early-stage, high-growth startups as well as publicly-traded, multinational corporations, including Apple, HP, and Arthur Andersen, with the past 20+ years focused on the cybersecurity industry. Jennifer was named a 2024 Best CFO of Austin by the Austin Business Journal and recognized as Cybersecurity Executive of the Year in 2022 by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. She serves on the CFO Leadership Council Advisory Board and on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Central Texas, where she also volunteers as an in-school teacher on entrepreneurship. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Master of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University.
Needhi Vasavada serves as Chief Operating Officer, providing operational leadership and strategic oversight across the Corporation.
She brings deep expertise in complex transactions, litigation, governance and operations. Needhi previously served as a Director, Senior Counsel at Hudson Advisors (the asset manager to Lone Star Funds), where she negotiated complex mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings for global portfolio companies. In this role, Needhi also served as a board member for several portfolio companies. Prior to Hudson, Needhi practiced transactional law at the international law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Before law school, Needhi served as a high school public school teacher in Houston ISD.
Needhi earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Spanish from The University of Texas at Austin.
