REED DEVELOPMENT GROUP - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Consultant
• Executive
• Member of the Advisory Committee of the DiverseForce Board Governance Training Program

Erica Dotson Bennett is an executive consultant for the Reed Development Group and the co-founder of The Dotson Group, a consulting firm that provides outsourced training and development, team building, executive coaching, retreat facilitation and leadership development services to small to mid-sized organizations who want to leverage the talent of their employees to achieve stellar business results. Erica has 20+ years of experience in Human Resources and Leadership Development Consulting. She is also currently employed as the Leadership and Executive Development Partner for Independence Blue Cross where she has responsibility for creating and delivering strategies that support the performance and professional development of the organization's senior leaders. Erica is a member of the Advisory Committee of the DiverseForce Board Governance Training Program that provides leadership training for leaders of color who want to achieve greater effectiveness as organizational leaders while making a social impact as board members.

Keith Ellison runs The Ellison Group, Inc., leadership development and management consulting firm, with an emphasis on improving managerial and communication skills and reducing cycle-times of operational processes. Since 2000, business leaders across multiple industries have used his firm's services to improve sales, profits and shareholder value. His client list has included Schering-Plough, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lockheed Martin, Novo Nordisk, CIGNA, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia Gas Works, International Broadcasting Bureau, Philadelphia Department of Human Services and Philadelphia Department of Public Health, to name a few. Prior to launching The Ellison Group, Keith served for two years as the Director of Consulting Services at the Wharton Small Business Development Center, providing technical assistance to high-growth businesses. Under his leadership, the Center coached more than 1,200 individuals and small businesses resulting in over $50 million in debt and equity financing. Between 1995 and 2000, Keith launched and published Next Step, a quarterly magazine about cultural diversity. In 2004 he co-authored Conversations on Success, a life enhancement book with candid, insightful and inspirational lessons on success (Insight Publishing). Building on his experiences in publishing and consulting, he became a professional speaker, facilitator and expert witness at various conferences, seminars and public hearings. His most notable events: testifying before the U.S. Congress (1999); teaching entrepreneurial management in Beijing, China (2000); airing on Talk to America (90 million world-wide listeners); and appearing on three segments of The Black Enterprise Report. Keith teaches management communication at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and facilitates a six-month leadership development course for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Development Institute in Harrisburg, PA. Furthermore, Keith serves as the program director for the Urban League of Philadelphia Entrepreneurship Center, where he leads a team of consultants in providing business advisory services and training to entrepreneurs in southeastern Pennsylvania. His corporate background includes positions at IBM, Proctor & Gamble and Manor Care, Inc. Keith earned an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.S. in electrical engineering and mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. Keith and his wife, Sheree are silver-level ballroom dancers, who participate in various competitions. The two coreograph routines for high school students, including Jack & Jill of America and occasionally volunteer their time by performing at a local senior residence facility.

Kimberly S. Reed, M.Ed., CDP, The Corporatepreneur ™ Chief Transformational Officer of the Reed Development Group, a cutting-edge multi-disciplined Diversity, Equality and Inclusion solutions firm accelerating the future of organizational multicultural evolution and growth though innovation, development and advocacy, who has developed a distinguished reputation as having one of the most distinct and powerful voices on the lecture circuit transforming the thinking of thousands. Kimberly's infectious energy, lioness tone and inspiring sincerity engages audiences on topics ranging from the innovation and evolution of diversity, equality and inclusion, personal, professional and leadership development, entrepreneurship to teaching us Optimists Always Win! - Moving from Defeat to Life's C-Suite, Kimberly's highly anticipated book release on January 15, 2021 (Simon Schuster/HCI Communications) was a on a best seller list in its first week. All book proceeds are being donated to two cancer charities. Kimberly is a regular speaker and lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania's LEAD Program, Howard Universities' Leadership Programs and a top rated speaker at leading global professional conferences. Kimberly served on several professional and non-for-profit boards as a member, executive council member and chair. Kimberly is the Vice-Chair, Leadership Council of the American Cancer Society South Jersey/Philadelphia and a board member; Legacy of Hope provides emergency patient support to cancer patients in underserved diverse communities in the Philadelphia region. She is a Founding Advisory Committee Member of the University of Pennsylvania and DiverseForce Board Governance Training Program that provides leadership training for leaders of color who want to achieve greater effectiveness as organizational leaders while making a social impact as board members. She is also a member of The Links, Inc., one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of accomplished, dedicated African American Women who are active in their communities and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated with over 300, 000 members globally. Kimberly has been featured on 6ABC, NBC, Huffington Post Business, Thrive Global, The Journal of American Management Association, Charisma Magazine, iHeartMedia, FOX News and Radio One, and its subsidiaries for her leadership in diversity, and advocacy for Women and minorities in leadership, business and entrepreneurship and faith. She has earned numerous awards, periodical cover features and has been recognized repeatedly by such organizations as the National Urban League, American Express, national publications and the City of Philadelphia for her leadership. Kimberly was named one of the Minority Business Leader's Award honorees, Philadelphia Business Journal and was appointed to the CEO Access Network, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and the 2018 Women of Excellence: Game Changer Award, South Jersey magazine. Kimberly was inducted to the West Chester University Legacy of Leadership Class. The university honors alumni who has demonstrated service to the institution through student leadership and continue to utilize those leadership skills in their lives today. Kimberly also received the prestigious 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Salute to Greatness Award: Ambassador Global Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, in addition to the 2020 Game Changer: Community Service Award for Entrepreneurship, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Impact. She was one of the Top 28 Black Leaders for their impact on diversity & inclusion, Color Magazine.