He previously worked from 2005 to 2009 in the White House of President George W. Bush,[1] and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for over four years[2] as the Senior Director of Strategic Communications.
Dennard is also a consultant through his own firm on strategic communication, political management, image and brand development, and media training issues.
[18] In 2018, The Washington Post reported that, according to documents and a university official, Dennard had been fired in 2015 from his position as an events director at the institute for making sexually explicit comments and gestures toward women.
[19] Dennard had "told a recent college graduate who worked for him that he wanted to have sex with her" and "pretended to unzip his pants in her presence, tried to get her to sit on his lap, and made masturbatory gestures.
"[19] A 2014 university report obtained by the Washington Post stated that Dennard did not dispute the claims, but said he made the remarks and gestures jokingly.
[19] After the Washington Post report was published, CNN and Boston NPR member station WBUR-FM announced they had suspended Dennard with pay pending further investigation.