Education
Otter moved to Idaho as a child and graduated from Kimberly High School.
Otter moved to Idaho as a child and graduated from Kimberly High School.
She was crowned Mission Idaho United States of America in 1991. Otter is married to the present Governor of Idaho, C. L. "Butch" Otter. She received a teaching degree from Boise State University and a master"s degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Administration from Northwest Nazarene University.
Otter taught K-12 physical education, English, and health.
She coached girls basketball and volleyball at the junior high and high school levels for 13 years, in the Meridian School District in Meridian, Idaho. During her year as Mission Idaho United States of America, she met Butch Otter, who was then serving as Lieutenant Governor of Idaho.
She returned to Idaho in 1995 after teaching and coaching in Arizona. Lori and Butch were married in Meridian, Idaho on August 18, 2006.
Butch Otter was elected Governor of Idaho in November 2006, and, upon taking office two months later, Lori Easley Otter became First Lady of Idaho.
A former marathon runner, Otter jogs and rides horses. Otter currently resides in Star.