JENNIFER TODD

Advocate. Engineer. Trail Blazer. The youngest Black woman to receive California’s CSLB (A) General Engineering license, Jennifer Todd, serves as LMS General Contractors Founder and President. Todd heads the company’s management team and is responsible for developing & executing LMS’s strategic growth.

With nearly 15 years in the industry, Todd has held various office and field positions throughout the years. Most of her construction career has been geared toward completing federal, public, and private demolition and environmental works. She has managed to remove over 5 million square feet of hazardous materials to date during her career.

Noting the industry’s complexity, Todd desired to deepen her construction law and contract knowledge and decided to attend law school. “Construction is very complicated. I noticed that some of the most successful construction business owners were also lawyers. It was important to join them.”

In 2009, Todd created an apprenticeship training program, A Greener Tomorrow, geared toward the advancement of unemployed and underemployed people of color.

She continues to be a strong advocate for minority job creation and employee development.

Jennifer Todd has been recognized by Construction Business Owner Magazine’s 2020 Outstanding Women in Construction. Todd was the first Black female construction business owner to be featured on CBO’s cover (November 2020 issue). She has received recognition as a Engineering-News Record 2020 Top 25 Newsmaker, ENR 2021 Southeast Top Young Professional, and ENR 2021 Top 20 Under 40.

Today, she has been featured by American Bar Association, Caterpillar, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Black News Channel, and a host of other outlets and publications.

Jennifer Todd is a graduate of Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and there she earned a Masters of Legal Studies. She received a Bachelor of Science from Georgia State University in Community Psychology, a minor in Business, and holds a Project Management certificate from Emory University.

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