Dr. LD Bennett brings a diverse breadth of skills from 35 years of experience with government, nonprofit and corporate, specializing in leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. Her career foundation is public service, having held management positions in local, state and federal government. LD was awarded U.S. Commerce Dept. bronze medal for superior federal service. She held-dual hatted roles as special assistant to the director of the Census Bureau and to the associate director for field operations, responsible for the partnership and marketing campaign with an annual budget of $150m, HQ staff of 50 and 750 decentralized personnel.
Her firm, Maximize Consulting, LLC, a private consulting firm, was National Partnership Program contractor for 2010 Census, responsible for engagement, training and coaching leaders of major nonprofit and faith-based organizations. Recently, her firm was awarded the 2016 and 2017 mentoring contracts for WICT Carolinas, Southeast, Southwest and Greater Philadelphia. This custom design program includes webinars, interactive satellite cohorts, assessments and analysis and in-person presentations by LD. She has expanded organizational effectiveness and executive coaching support to several telecommunications entities.