Built on experience.
Driven by impact.
Benton Johnson Group is a strategic consulting firm specializing in STEM talent pathways, workforce development, and organizational leadership. Drawing on more than three decades of its founder's leadership across education, industry, and government, the firm partners with educational institutions, corporations, foundations, and nonprofits to build sustainable pathways between education and workforce opportunity.
Explore What We DoFrom the classroom to the boardroom, three decades of building what works.
Benton Johnson Group was founded on a simple but urgent belief: that the gap between education and employment is not inevitable. It is a design problem and design problems have solutions. The firm was established to bridge that gap through rigorous strategy, authentic partnership, and a deep commitment to sustainable outcomes.
For over three decades, the firm's founder and principal has worked alongside universities, school districts, corporations, and foundations to build workforce ecosystems that serve people at every level from K–12 students discovering a path in STEM to senior executives navigating organizational transformation. Every engagement is grounded in the same principle: strategy without authenticity is just a plan on a shelf.
"When we strategically align talent development with industry needs, everyone wins — students, employers, and communities alike."
Today, Benton Johnson Group continues to expand its reach across higher education, corporate, and nonprofit sectors bringing the same proven frameworks to organizations ready to make bold, lasting change.
The Foundation of Expertise
Established with a focus on workforce development and higher education strategy.
National Model Takes Shape
A groundbreaking center for education and economic development was established, laying the foundation for the STEM pipeline strategies that are replicable models for connecting communities, institutions, and industry through workforce-aligned programming.
$5.5M Corporate Partnership Secured
A landmark $5.5 million corporate partnership was secured to expand STEM access and deepen the talent pipeline driving outcomes across pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate levels that exceeded every goal set at launch point.
History Making Leadership
Made history with a landmark executive leadership appointment at a major research university, driving institution-wide transformation while scaling STEM initiatives, strengthening regional workforce development partnerships, and serving as Vice Chair of the National GEM Consortium Board.
Leading at the National Level
With a seat at the National Academies advisory table, the firm's influence now extends to shaping workforce and education policy at the national level while continuing to deliver transformational consulting engagements across higher education, corporate, and nonprofit sectors.
The experience behind the work.
Dr. Felicia
Benton-Johnson
Founder & Principal
Dr. Felicia Benton-Johnson is the founder and principal of Benton Johnson Group, bringing more than three decades of leadership experience across higher education, workforce development, and organizational strategy. Her work has shaped institutions, launched initiatives, and created measurable pathways between education and employment at the local, state, and national level.
A nationally recognized strategist and history-making executive leader, Dr. Benton-Johnson has secured more than $50 million in funding, architected a statewide STEM initiative, and advised some of the nation's most influential institutions on workforce alignment and inclusive organizational transformation.
Three decades of work.
Measured in outcomes.
Three decades of leadership across higher education, workforce development, and organizational strategy.
Cumulative funding secured across workforce development, STEM, and organizational initiatives.
Students reached across K–12, undergraduate, and graduate programs through workforce-aligned education initiatives.
Partnerships built across education, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors to advance workforce development and organizational impact.
Average satisfaction rate reported by stakeholders across consulting engagements, workforce programs, and organizational partnerships.
Universities, school districts, corporations, and foundations engaged through consulting and advisory partnerships.
The right strategy changes everything.
Let's build yours.
Whether you are ready to engage or simply exploring what's possible, Benton Johnson Group welcomes the conversation.