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Brenda Lenard (born April 13, 1967) is an American business executive, motivational speaker and politician from Tennessee. She was a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party senate nomination in Tennessee.

On January 21, 2013, Lenard announced that she would run again in 2014.If elected, she would be the first black female Republican ever elected to Congress, and the first person of color elected from Tennessee.

Lenard grew up in Georgia and graduated cum laude from Beulah Heights Bible College in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in biblical studies and a minor in leadership. Lenard pursued graduate studies at Kennesaw State University, and graduated with a Master of Public Administration in 2008, while also working full-time. She is in the final year of her Doctoral Program and completing her certification in evaluation statistics and measurements, from the University of Tennessee. In 1988, she began her career in private banking at Heritage Bank in Atlanta. She became the chief executive officer of a mid-size construction firm. This meant starting from the “ground up,” operating and maintaining heavy equipment and general labor. Lenard was assigned to grow the new start-up in an overcrowded and competitive industry. Within two years, the firm was boasting a consistent track record of improving efficiency, maximizing profits whilst minimizing costs Her success as a business executive was cut short in 2001 following the death of her infant son, Daniel Christopher Lenard-Battle.

Lenard is the founder and Chair of National Awareness of Daniel's Dream for Children, an organization named after her youngest son, Daniel, who died from Sudden infant death syndrome in 2001 at age 6 months. Lenard, uses her experience to heighten awareness about SIDS. She speaks publicly on the importance of risk reduction and medical advancements in sudden infant death syndrome research. Lenard helped build Daniel's Dream for Children Awareness by fostering a coalition of relationships within the business community, government, and volunteer sectors in the United States. For her work on sudden infant death syndrome awareness Lenard was appointed to the Sudden Unexplained Child Death Advisory Board at Middle Tennessee State University.

A defamation of character story first published by the Daily Caller on Friday, May 11, 2012 referred to Lenard as a Tea Party candidate with a history of fraud and bankruptcy. http://joeforamerica.com/2013/08/nine-gop-ladies-challenge-incumbents-in-2014/#c0dktlFPQdVtWoCv.99

On January 21, 2013, Lenard announced her senate candidacy. Her strong conservative values, made her a front-runner in the summer of 2013 among conservative Democrats, Republicans and Tea Party activists. In July her campaign successfully dealt with the allegations of fraud, which she denied during the 2012 senate campaign that resulted in Lenard losing in the August 2012 primary. During the 2012 campaign Lenard out fund raised all of her opponents except for the incumbent, Senator Bob Corker.