Bernice J. Washington is President and CEO of BJW Consulting Group, LLC. The firm specializes in Management, Leadership and Sales Development. She is a nationally recognized successful businesswoman with a solid background in sales/marketing and management. She left the corporate world of sales, marketing and management with more than three decades of experience as a consistent President’s Club and Master’s Circle winner. Her responsibilities included sales and marketing of more than $50 million annually of diagnostic healthcare products to key clients.
She is a sought after television and radio talk show commentator and has been featured in movies, magazine articles and in News stories. She has been featured on CNN and NBC Today, and in Southern Living Magazine, Dollars & Sense, Jet Magazine and many other National publications.
Washington earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Missouri; is a registered Medical Technologist, MT (ASCP) Research Hospital and Medical Center-Kansas City, Missouri; and has a Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology/Microbiology from Southern University-Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a Certified Master Coach by the Behavioral Coaching Institute and is a member of The International Coaching Council (ICC).
Civic involvement is a personal passion for Bernice. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of: - DFW Airport Board
- Regional Transportation Council North Texas
- American Hospital Association- Regional Policy Board
- The Salvation Army Dallas- Chair, Public Relations Committee
- Presbyterian Healthcare Resources-Vice Chair
- Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano-Former Board Chair
Coveted awards bestowed upon her include: - National Organ Transplantation Volunteer of the Year
- Maura Award (Women Helping Women)
- Dallas Can! “Mother of the Year”
- Texas Legislative “Outstanding Texan” Award
- South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club “Woman of the Year”
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. “Regional Civic Citizen of the Year”
Organizations-Current: - Dallas Assembly
- The Links, Incorporated
- The Dallas Summit (Former Program Committee Chair)
- Leadership Texas Alumnae Association (Former Regional Director-Life Member)
- Southern University Alumni Association (Life Member)
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Life Member)
- NAACP (Life Member)
- St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church (Chair Capital Campaign)
Board of Directors-Former: - Texas Department of Commerce-Product Commercialization Board
- American Lung Association- Texas State Board
- Texas Health Systems-Presbyterian/Harris Methodist (Secretary/Treasurer)
- Dallas Opera (Marketing Committee- Chair)
- Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce-Women’s Business Issues
- Dallas Housing Authority (Commissioner)
- The Science Place (Executive Committee)
- Rotary Club of Dallas Foundation Board (Paul Harris Fellow)
- Dallas Holocaust Center
- American Heart Association of Plano (President)
- Dallas Cultural Affairs Commission
- Dallas Environmental Health Commission
- Dallas Civil Service Board-Adjunct Member
Mrs. Washington is married to Lt. Col. (Ret) Lymon Washington, Jr. for 37 years and they have two adult children Andrea Renee and Michael Benjamin. | 
