About
The LDW Group LLC
Our vision is to help people seize their full career potential.
Our mission is to provide high-quality career and workforce development training and customized services for professionals, agencies, and organizations charged with preparing individuals for 21st-century careers.
Since 2005, the LDW Group LLC has provided services for those working with individuals who are dislocated workers, career changers, youth aging out of foster care, re-entry youth and adults, displaced homemakers, and those without work experience seeking skills to enter or re-enter the workforce. The LDW Group LLC designs and manages workforce training programs as well as delivers soft/life skills and job readiness workshops for organizations that need them. The LDW Group LLC provides DOL-funded One-Stop Operator services and consultancy for HUD-funded workforce development programs.
Dr. Linda D. Woodard
Dr. Linda D. Woodard, president of the LDW Group LLC, has multiple years of experience in secondary and higher education with many of those years in workforce development. Dr. Woodard holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron, a Master of Science in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, and a doctorate in Community College Leadership from the National American University-Roueche Graduate Center. Dr. Woodard’s professional experience also includes senior-level positions in secondary and higher education, a senior-level position for a national internship organization covering five states, sales/lubrication engineer for a major oil company, assistant editor for a national technical publication, and program manager for many higher education training programs. Dr. Woodard also serves on workforce committees and actively participates on community agency boards.
