Carolyn Lukensmeyer

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Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, Ph.D. (born May 13, 1945 in Hampton, Iowa), is a leader of deliberative democracy, a public servant and social entrepreneur. In 1995, she founded AmericaSpeaks, a non-partisan non-profit organization that strengthens citizen voice in decision making. Carolyn was Chief of Staff to Governor Celeste of Ohio from 1986 to 1991. She was Consultant to the White House Chief of Staff for nine months during the Clinton years.

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[edit] Career

[edit] AmericaSpeaks

Dr. Lukensmeyer is the President and Founder of AmericaSpeaks, a national non-profit whose mission is to revitalize American democracy by strengthening citizen voice in public decision making.

[edit] Chief of Staff to Governor Celeste

From 1986 to 1991, Dr. Lukensmeyer served as Chief of Staff to Governor Richard F. Celeste of Ohio. She was both the first woman to serve in this capacity and, at the time of her appointment, the only Chief of Staff recruited from the professional management field.

[edit] White House Days: 1993-1994

Dr. Lukensmeyer served as Consultant to the White House Chief of Staff from November 1993 through June 1994. She also served as the Deputy Project Director for Management of the National Performance Review (NPR), Vice President Al Gore's reinventing government task force.

[edit] Lukensmeyer Associates, Inc.

Dr. Lukensmeyer was President of Lukensmeyer Associates, Inc., an organization consulting firm founded in 1974. She established an international reputation in the field of Organizational Development and Management Consulting. Clients ranged in size from 10 to more than 350,000 employees, representing public and private sectors from five continents.

[edit] Americans Discuss Social Security

From 1997 to 1999, Lukensmeyer was the executive director of Americans Discuss Social Security (ADSS), a 12-million-dollar project of The Pew Charitable Trusts[1].

[edit] Education

Lukensmeyer has a doctorate in organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve University and post-graduate training at the internationally known Gestalt Institute of Cleveland[2].

[edit] Professional Associations

  • Deliberative Democracy Consortium, Chair[3]
  • American Management Association
  • National Training Laboratories
  • Organization Development Network
  • Organization and Management Division of the American Psychological Association
  • The Fielding Institute, where she sits on the Board
  • Service Advisory Board of the International Freedom Center[4]

[edit] Awards

  • International Association for Public Participation 2001
  • International Association for Public Participation 2003
  • Organizational Development Network's Sharing the Wealth Award 2006[5]
  • Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for best practices
  • Distinguished Service Award from the Federal Managers Association for Outstanding Leadership 1994[6]
  • Best Practice Award from the National Training Laboratories Institute in 1993

[edit] Publications

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer
  2. ^ Biographies of Participants
  3. ^ :: Deliberative Democracy Consortium ::
  4. ^ People and Leadership - The International Freedom Center
  5. ^ Organization Development Network
  6. ^ EWG Advancing

[edit] External links

  • Biography on AmericaSpeaks website [1]