DeDee Ludwig-Palit

DeDee is an exceptionally thoughtful and well organized leader of people and programs. She makes sure everyone has a voice and important role. She has built new education programs from the ground up and revitalized existing programs. When doing so, she strategically accounts for all aspects of program management and has great attention to detail. Her focus is always appropriately balanced between audience and institutional needs.

DeDee Ludwig-Palit’s ability to capture the needs of the user through meticulous user research, collaborative strategic planning, and professional workshop direction is impeccable. When I first brought DeDee into the Star Harbor team, we were looking for both instructional design and curriculum development support for human spaceflight programs. She stepped into that role with ease and quickly excelled showing us new ways of strategically thinking we had not considered. DeDee is a total professional and an absolute pleasure to work with.

DeDee is an exceptional learning experience designer with a wealth of knowledge and skills in instructional design, user experience design, and project management. She is adept at collaborating with subject matter experts to create engaging and transformative learning experiences in various modalities and for diverse audiences. Apart from her impressive list of skills and accomplishments, she is also one of the kindest and funniest people you will ever work with.

DeDee expects and facilitates high performance, future-focused reflection, and positive risk-taking. Her leadership was instrumental to our team's accomplishments, workplace culture, and commitment to the mission of our work. I learned a long list of leadership skills from watching DeDee work. Now as a CEO, I keep her in mind often when leading my own team.

DeDee is a smart, compassionate and motivated leader. She confidently sets priorities, develops and delivers programming, and gathers feedback to make improvements, all while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced organization where each day is different from the next. Her passion for education and life-long learning is evident to all.

I have been lucky enough to work with DeDee not just once but twice. I have literally followed DeDee across the country because of how much I respect her and enjoy working for and with her. She leads by example while being open to ideas that will drive the organization toward its goals. She is a great curriculum developer, and a strategic planner, who has taught me to look at both short and term solutions. The best thing about DeDee is that she is able to effortlessly create an environment where everyone feels comfortable yet challenged and therefore is able to thrive professionally and personally.

She is a collaborative leader who manages with honesty and transparency. She creates positive and motivating work environments full of idea sharing where everyone feels heard and appreciated.

Skilled at balancing multiple directives and styles, DeDee encourages all to always deliver their best and work together to solve challenges.

I cannot recommend DeDee Ludwig-Palit highly enough.

DeDee excels at bringing teams together to accomplish a shared goal. She motivates and inspires people while still paying close attention to detail and ensuring everyone has what they need to succeed. I miss working with her as a thought partner and dependable leader!

I cannot say enough about how wonderful it was to work with DeDee on a recent user research project. DeDee took an extremely complex and disjointed product, provided a thorough analysis, and presented her recommendations in a way that my team could understand and immediately put into practice. Her communication, organization, and attention to detail was superb throughout the process. I feel much more confident implementing phase II of our new initiative after working with DeDee.