Leslie Leach is a part-time faculty member with 25 years of experience in consumer and B2B marketing, strategy, and management. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer for the SaaS fintech company Hearsay Systems, through its acquisition by Yext (NYSE:YEXT). In addition to overseeing marketing initiatives for the company, she was responsible for assessing and accelerating Hearsay’s strategic market and product opportunities in compliant digital communications.
Leach started her marketing career as a Brand Manager at The Clorox Company. More recently, she served as Vice President of Marketing for ZapLabs, the innovation lab for Realogy RLGY (NYSE) and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Certent, a fintech SaaS company, which was acquired by insightsoftware.
Education
Leslie holds a BA in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she was named an Edward W. Carter Fellow.