Lu Ann Dillon
Lu Ann Dillon, CEO
Lu Ann Dillon is an educator, entrepreneur, and executive-level consultant. Lu has led project teams in the defense, healthcare, utilities, government, and education sectors. She has served in state government in the executive branch and as adjunct faculty to three New England higher-education institutions.
As a partner in Pierce Management Development, Lu is responsible for overall strategic planning, developing digital media strategy, project management, and administration. She often co-facilitates retreats with Tom, and she counsels and trains Pierce Management Development clients who have operational, structural, or workflow challenges.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from University of Vermont, Lu received her Master of Arts from Boston University.
As Senior Vice President of a Maryland-based consulting firm, Bell & Company, from 1994 through 2004, Lu was responsible for leading professional project teams of as many as thirty professionals. Lu specialized in complex operational analysis, including project strategy and design, fact-finding, communicating with C-level executives, and implementing performance-improvement changes.
Working collaboaratively with clients' management, Lu's teams helped to solve operational challenges for such clients as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Tenet Healthcare, IMC Global, Florida Power & Light, and American Greetings Corp.
In 2004, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas appointed her deputy secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. She has taught at the University of Vermont, Champlain College, and Northeastern University.
