If anyone was born into this business, it was Leslie. A Chicago native, Leslie was spoon-fed advertising and PR. Watching TV with the family, Leslie's father, a prominent national adman, would give a quarter to the first kid to identify the product of a commercial. Family vacations were often on-location film shoots. Leslie's mother was in public relations; her many national clients included Purina with the original Morris the Cat.

With that kind of background it was only natural for Leslie to pursue a career in advertising. She earned a degree in fine arts and advertising design at Southern Illinois University. Then she sought her fortune across the country as an art director for agencies in San Francisco, Tampa, Detroit and finally Tucson. Along the way she completed nineteen-and-a-half rotations inside a commercial dryer, developed a love for the number '66', and has yet to achieve her life-long goal of owning a full-sized flocked plastic horse.

Leslie has over 22 years of experience in advertising. She joined LP&G as a partner in 1994.