Bonnie LePard is the Deputy Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD). She has spent her career working to find common ground and solutions to serve the common good. Before joining NICD, Bonnie had been the executive director at four nonprofit organizations. She saved the land that is now owned by the Tregaron Conservancy, an organization she founded in 2006. Most recently, Bonnie ran a 400-acre National Trust for Historic Preservation site in northern Virginia and later was the executive director of The Cultural Landscape Foundation. She is the President of the Cleveland Park Historical Society. Bonnie is a member of Global Club I. She is also a Bridge Building Co-Chair of the Partnership for American Democracy.
Bonnie earned her BA in English from Wesleyan University and her JD from New York University School of Law. She clerked for two federal judges and served in the Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice. Bonnie prosecuted over 20 federal trials.
Bonnie and her husband Bruce Reed have raised a daughter Julia Reed and a son Nelson Reed who have also worked in education, law, and government. Avid fans of baseball and Gonzaga basketball, Bonnie, Bruce, and their golden retriever Wrigley can be found hiking around D.C.
