Lloyd served in the Air Force as an electronic technician and distinguished himself as Airman of the year for the Third Weather and set a base record for achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant.
After the military, Dennis worked in several jobs, including servicing electronics on ships in the river and maintaining computer equipment at the local Federal Reserve Branch. Meanwhile he studied and taught himself photography and over 40 years he and his wife grew a their photography business, a business that allowed him to become independent from corporate life.
For 25, years, he wrote a weekly relationship column and from 1999 to 2003 he brought that persona to his radio audience as “The Love Doctor Show”. In this role, he authored His Way Works a humorous book designed to share truths about successful independent living.
He served on the board of Efforts of Grace - ASHE Cultural Arts Center, as president for 13 years.
Prior to and for several years before Katrina, he co-produced the “Between The Lines” news commentary on Access TV and since the Storm, he produced several documentaries about Katrina’s impact on families and children: “Coming Home”, “Education In Exile”, and “Renaissance Village”.
In 2007 he co-founded the "Silverback Society" an innovative non-profit which recruits, trains and coordinates 100+ volunteers who mentor adolescent boys.
In 2019, Lloyd returned to serve on the New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network board, and in July of 2020 he accepted Mayor Cantrell’s appointment as board chairperson for the newly organized New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund. The fund is responsible for using hotel tax revenues to support New Orleans Culture Bearers, the locals who attract tourists by doing what they do in our culture.
Married for fifty years, three children, three grandchildren.
He is a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership fellow.
Lloyd is known locally as "The Love Doctor".