Bennett is the president and CEO of ValueEdge Advisors, a firm he founded in summer 2014 to help institutional investors engage with their portfolio companies.
For six years, Bennett was included in the NACD Directorship's "100 most influential people" in the boardroom and corporate governance community.
[6] In 1994 was the Republican nominee for Congress in Maine's second district, losing to John Baldacci in a close race.
In November 2012, Bennett sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Olympia Snowe but was defeated by Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers.
[8] On July 20, 2013, Bennett was elected chairman of the Maine Republican Party, replacing former state representative Richard Cebra of Naples.