For more than 18 years, Dawn Hendricks has been a business strategist, trusted advisor, mentor, and coach to business leaders within the public, private, community, and non-profit sectors. As an entrepreneur, Dawn intuitively sees the threads of opportunity and is able to inspire others in ways that help them expand their thinking. She translates financial strategies to business goals and creates an environment that allows innovation to thrive by taking complex concepts and breaking them into clear actionable and measurable steps for her team.

As founder, President & CEO of FM Talent, Dawn is known for her dedication to excellence and driving material business impact. The result is an award-winning recruiting and management consulting firm with a nationwide government consulting practice of over 150 staff across 12 states and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

Dawn is a 3rd Generation entrepreneur and a leader who inspires action. She graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management from American University, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Fort Washington, MD, she is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and an active member and ministry leader of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, MD.

Dawn began her career at Fannie Mae, a Fortune 500 leader in the financial services industry. She has harnessed over 20 years of subject matter expertise and strategic insights in project management, business management, and leadership to transform FM Talent from an $18M P&L into a competitive leader on track to quadruple in size within the next 3 years. Dawn founded FM Talent with a single recruiting contract that required immediate staff augmentation and consulting services in response to one of the largest restatement efforts in US history.

Respected as a credible voice in decision making, assigning accountability, fiscal responsibility, and establishing governance boundaries, Dawn earns a seat at the table wherever she serves. Under her leadership FM Talent has received a number of Gov Con and corporate accolades:

• Two-time Contractor of the Year Award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Safety Inspection Services (FSIS)
• 2022 – Dream Big Awards Finalist – US Chamber of Commerce
• 2021 – Top HR Consulting Company – by HR Tech
• 2019 – Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award for the Capital region

Her passion for service extends into all aspects of her life and includes specific emphasis on those underserved and marginalized. She serves as the Board of Directors Chairwoman for the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL), whose mission is to increase economic and political empowerment within underserved communities in the DC Metropolitan Area. She has been a transformational leader as GWUL Board chair and is creating space to elevate the voice and expertise of Black populations in the region. During her tenure as Chair; Dawn has engaged and prepared GWUL for organizational transformation and resiliency by implementing board best practices, creating a new structure, developing goals, and enforcing accountability. She holds a lifelong love for dance and the arts which has fueled her strength, discipline and focus. Dawn also serves on the CityDance School and Conservatory Board of Directors. CityDance is a nonprofit dance institution serving the national capital region that is committed to training young dancers for professional careers. Dawn has been a guest speaker for a number of local and national organizations focused on workforce development and entrepreneurship. Her esteemed business acumen, community leadership and commitment service, have been featured on television and radio programs such as WUSA’s Great Day Washington and WHUR. She has also been featured in Rolling Out Magazine, Urban Magazine, and Afro Newspaper. Dawn will be featured in 2023 on an upcoming episode of The American Dream which will be broadcast on Bloomberg TV. A fun fact about Dawn is that in 2019, she was the winner of the DC Dancing Stars glitterball trophy for her award-winning fox trot.