Lou Ann served as a part-time faculty member with the Washtenaw Community College Police Academy specializing in physical skills and proctored the MCOLES physical agility pre-test for seven years. She currently serves as an advisory board member for, and is a former consultant and presenter with Calibre Press Women's Street Survival Seminars, of which she co-wrote. and has authored many articles in Law and Order, Police Marksman magazine,, IALEFI's 'Firearms Instructor' and the IPMBA Newsletter. She authored the 'Firearms Training' chapter in IPMBA's Complete Guide to Public Safety Cycling 2nd Ed. Lou Ann is a Team One Network adjunct instructor and Master Pistol Instructor through Heckler and Koch and is a certified armorer for a number of weapon systems. Lou Ann has also instructed at the A Girl and A Gun National Conference numerous years. Her national conference presentations include: The American Society for Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET), The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), The International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA), and The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI), Rocky Mountain Women in Law Enforcement (RMWLE), Tactical Strength and Conditioning (TSAC), the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) conferences, and the International Association of Women Police (IAWP). She instructs internationally in the areas of instructional leadership, training for specialty units to include survival training for school resource officers, female specific, police cycling operator and train-the-trainer level classes. Lou Ann conceptualized the nationally recognized Building Warrior Women® training event for women in public safety that has been publicized as the finest leadership and survival skills training for female officers in the United States. For the last twenty years Lou Ann has specialized in training female officers, having trained close to 5,000 in pistol alone, and is a certified firearms and defensive tactics instructor in a variety of disciplines. She holds a master's degree in Human Performance Technology and Instructional Design from the University of Michigan.

Lou Ann has had many roles during her law enforcement career to include uniform patrol, bike patrol, undercover narcotics and prostitution operations, and a temporary assignment with a DEA Task Force. Lou Ann proudly served the law enforcement profession for 22 years before retiring.

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