LHB’s CEO Bill Bennett was named Volunteer of the Year at the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce’s 141st annual award dinner on October 20, 2011.
Bennett currently serves as LHB’s Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board. He is a registered professional engineer in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Kansas. Bennett has lived in Duluth and been with LHB since 1980.
Bennett has a long history of participation in many types of community and civic engagements including numerous business and professional organizations. His involvement with the Duluth area Chamber of Commerce consists of serving on the board and executive Committee and acting as vice chair of public policy, through which he helped to create and chair the Military Affairs Committee. With this committee, Bennett recently worked collaboratively with Chamber members and members of the Minnesota Air National Guard to develop the F16 Static Display at the entrance to the 148th Minnesota Air National Guard Base. Bennett recently traveled with the Committee to Washington DC to promote the establishment of Duluth as an Active Association Base which would bring active military to the Duluth base. In addition, Bennett participates on various other initiatives within the Chamber in order to further the Chamber’s mission as the premier advocate for commerce and industry by facilitating interaction among business, government, education, labor, and the greater community.
His other community services include serving as a member of the Minnesota Chamber Board of Directors, the Greater Downtown Council Board and Executive Committee, the United Way Board, the Local Advisory Boards for LISC and the Memorial Blood Centers, and as President and Board Chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota.
