
Lynda M. Dorman, MIM, MBA, CVF®
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Founder & Executive Director, Lift Higher
Focus Areas
- Organizational Capacity Building
- Policy & Program Development
- Project Management & Business Assessments
- Grants Management & Small Business Advisory
Lynda Dorman is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur, and management consultant with more than 30 years of leadership experience and past performance serving business, corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. Lynda is the Founder and CEO of Dorman Group Holdings LLC (DGH), a Prince George's County, Maryland-based SBE/MBE-certified management consulting firm specializing in organizational capacity building, policy and program development, project management, business assessments, IT solutions, business accelerator facilitation, training and curriculum design, small business advisory, and grants management.
Founded in 2009 as The Dorman Group and rebranded in 2019, DGH has since expanded its portfolio to include Dorman Global Media, delivering digital marketing and AI integration and training solutions. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lynda founded and operated Orange Wall Enterprises LLC (2020-2023), a medical supply and consulting company that served as the exclusive supplier of machine-learning technology to Prince George's County Government across community testing centers, shelters, and emergency response, law enforcement, and correction departments.
From 2020 to 2024, Lynda produced and co-hosted “Reset: Health, Wellness & Lifestyle with Lynda Dorman,” a streaming television and radio simulcast aired on ROKU, Apple TV, Tempo, and WSXT-FM Bloomberg Radio, later joined by former Congresswoman Dr. Donna Christiansen.
Her professional career has included Vice President of Special Operations and Philanthropy for the University of Maryland Capital Region Health and Executive Director of the UMCRH Foundation (formerly Dimensions Healthcare System), where she led the $25 million capital naming campaign for the new Largo, MD hospital that opened in 2021. Lynda has also held executive leadership positions at the BET Foundation, Lawyers for Children America, American Red Cross, and UNCF.
Throughout her career, Lynda has developed national and community-based programs to expand opportunity for disadvantaged communities, executive-produced award-winning broadcast programming and public service announcements, and partnered with national organizations and federal agencies to shape policy on women's health, child welfare, and higher education equity. In 2026, Lynda founded the 501(c) 3 nonprofit, www.lifthigher.org to provide targeted and measured workforce development training, job placement support, and social and professional skills development to six distinct communities, with priorities in supporting the neurodivergent workforce and community. Lift Higher also serves as fiscal sponsor to community groups in need of administrative and programming technical assistance, operational and funding oversight, and program consultancy.
Since founding her company, Lynda has received numerous honors and opportunities for recognition. Most recently, in 2026, Lynda was selected by KNOW magazine to be among the 50 Women to KNOW in Maryland honor, “a distinction reserved for women who are shaping the future of business, leadership, and community impact across the State.” In 2024 Lynda was inducted into THE BOW Collective™, an organization of the nation's top 1% of small business owners, and in 2025 received the “2025 BOW Knows Growth” award. Earlier recognitions that are particularly meaningful to Lynda, include the Women of Prince George's Community Leader award (2021), Minority Enterprise Advocate magazine's “25 Influential Women in Business” honor (2013), and a feature in Aetna Insurance's iconic African American History Calendar (2007).
Lynda earned her Bachelor of Arts from National Louis University and holds an MBA and a Master of International Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She is also a Certified Virtual Facilitator. Lynda is the proud mother of two young adult daughters, Leah and Lauren.
