Lori  Mitchell Dixon is an experienced marketing research consultant, developing data collection methodologies that obtain insightful information from the influential members of the marketplace.  Her product evaluation and development research work has been used by packaging manufacturers, personal care and pharmaceutical companies, and other consumer marketers to launch new products, refine packages, improve opening and use directions, and reposition existing products.

Lori is an active member of several ASTM committees related to child-resistant packaging. She is also an active member of the Canadian Standards Association and the National Poison Prevention Week Council. 

Dr. Dixon has written and delivered numerous presentations on creating qualitative studies to test the effectiveness of package designs and child resistant protocol testing.  Dixon has created protocols for numerous studies to support submissions to the CPSC, EPA and FDA.

Founded in 1964, GLM is an accredited lab and has been testing child resistant packaging since the enactment of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act in 1970.  The company holds a GSA contract and has a staff of 40 professionals.