Lori Wisper is Managing Director in the Rewards Segment at Willis Towers Watson, leading the firm’s Rewards line of business in the Chicago market. With more than 30 years of experience in both consulting and corporate HR, she focuses primarily on compensation strategy, program design, and implementation.
Throughout her career, Lori has worked with clients on global compensation strategy, incentive plan and salary structure design, performance management, pay-for-performance alignment, and HR systems integration. In addition to consulting roles at several national firms, she held corporate director positions at Discover Financial Services and Underwriters Laboratories Inc., leading major global initiatives and HR transformations. She has developed and delivered training and presentations on compensation-related topics across multiple professional organizations and has been a member of the WorldatWork faculty since 2028.
She holds a BS from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. A frequent speaker and published author, she is a Workspan contributor and has been quoted in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Crain’s Chicago Business.
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Education
- MBA from Loyola University of Chicago
- B.S. from University of Illinois
Lori Wisper is Managing Director in the Rewards Segment at Willis Towers Watson, leading the firm’s Rewards line of business in the Chicago market. With more than 30 years of experience in both consulting and corporate HR, she focuses primarily on compensation strategy, program design, and implementation.
Throughout her career, Lori has worked with clients on global compensation strategy, incentive plan and salary structure design, performance management, pay-for-performance alignment, and HR systems integration. In addition to consulting roles at several national firms, she held corporate director positions at Discover Financial Services and Underwriters Laboratories Inc., leading major global initiatives and HR transformations. She has developed and delivered training and presentations on compensation-related topics across multiple professional organizations and has been a member of the WorldatWork faculty since 2028.
She holds a BS from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. A frequent speaker and published author, she is a Workspan contributor and has been quoted in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Crain’s Chicago Business.
