 2009-10 & 2010-11 EWG TREASURER
Lesia M. Banks, MBA, Ed. D. Chief, Statutory Compliance and Research Division, United States Department of State Dr. Banks currently serves as Chief of the Statutory Compliance and Research Division in the Office of Information Programs and Services at the United States Department of State. She is responsible for a portfolio that includes worldwide programs and a multi-million dollar budget for the purpose of centralizing the Department’s compliance with the access provisions of various federal information access laws and mandates; governing the release to the public and the need to know community of official State Department records, the protection of individual privacy, and the safeguarding of national security information.
Before joining the State Department in April 2007, Dr. Banks served as Director, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act Staff at the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Previous to that position, she served as Departmental Privacy Officer for USDA where she was responsible for addressing Departmental privacy issues, including privacy policy analysis and development and privacy program development and implementation. In 2004, Dr. Banks was detailed to the Executive Office of the President, where she worked on developing privacy policy.
Prior to joining USDA, Dr. Banks served in numerous other Federal sector positions, including; Branch Chief at the Food and Drug Administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission and FOIA Specialist at the Department of Justice. Her government career began in 1990 at the Department of Commerce where she eventually served as FOIA Officer to the late Secretary Ronald H. Brown.
Dr. Banks has served as facilitator and instructor for the American Society for Access Professionals and the Department of Justice, Legal Education Institute. In 2007, Dr. Banks accepted an invitation to speak to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Leadership Program participants, regarding career success in the Federal sector. Currently, Dr. Banks is serving as a visiting scholar to Capella University. Dr. Banks also serves as Treasurer of the Executive Women in Government, an organization with a mission to “promote, support and mentor women for senior leadership positions in the Federal government.” In May 2010, Dr. Banks was selected to serve as an Ambassador to Vision 2020, by the Drexel University College of Medicine…Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership. As an Ambassador, she will participate in drafting the Declaration of Equality, the ten-year action agenda that will guide the work to bring the country closer to gender equality. Her focus will be on “philanthropy, faith, and volunteerism.”
Dr. Banks earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Law Enforcement in 1987 from Averett College, Danville, Virginia. In June 2001, she graduated Cum Laude with a Master’s of Science degree in Business Administration from Strayer University. Her thesis is titled “The Impact of Micromanagement on the Generation X Workforce.” In June 2004, she was awarded the Strayer University Outstanding Alumni Award. Dr. Banks graduated Summa Cum Laude from Nova Southeastern University, with a Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Leadership. Her dissertation is titled: “A Lesson in Loyalty: An Evaluation of the Factors That Impact Employee Retention.”
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