Denise Meridith, a Brooklyn native, served with the Bureau of Land Management for 29 years, rising to the highest-ranked career position, as Deputy Director, with 10,000 employees, 200 offices and $1.1 Billion budget. Since 2001, Meridith has had her own public relations firm-Denise Meridith Consultants Inc (DMCI), which provides services in public affairs, business development, lobbying, journalism, media relations, and marketing. In 2019, Meridith founded The World's Best Connectors, a virtual community and think tank for C-suite Executives. Meridith has a BS from Cornell University and an MPA from USC. She founded the non-profit Linking Sports & Communities, the Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce, and has served on innumerable boards, task forces and committees. She is a former member of the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.