After a 37-year career that began in 1981, Lorie Tudor became the Director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation in March of 2020. 

She is a member of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials Board of Directors.

She is currently the Vice President of the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Board of Directors.

She was appointed to the State Board for Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors in October 2020 and began serving as the Board’s President in July 2022.