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Leslie Anderson
Leslie Anderson worked for over 30 years in the nonprofit and public sectors before founding Leslie Anderson Consulting, Inc. Along the way, she developed expertise in the areas of nonprofit management, organizational development, strategic planning, community relations and capacity building, urban redevelopment, special events planning, group facilitation, and child advocacy. More important, she gained extensive experience working collaboratively with people in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors of the community to achieve common goals, including complex community-wide initiatives and private-public partnerships.
During her nine years as Asheville's Director of Downtown Development, she enabled over $63 million in private investment in the business district; initiated and coordinated $16 million in streetscape, landscape and public works projects; resolved the downtown parking problem; gave birth to the Asheville Downtown Association; initiated and administered two major, annual festivals and many special events, including Bele Chere; and staffed and coordinated many joint public-private ventures.
Over the years, Ms. Anderson not only made her living helping her community become a better place to live and work, but she was - and continues to be - actively involved as a volunteer in the Asheville community and beyond. A tireless volunteer for numerous state and local organizations, Leslie has been granted several community leadership awards, including the Asheville Citizen-Times "Western Carolina's 50 Most Influential People of the Century". Ms. Anderson holds a BA and a Master of Public Affairs from Western Carolina University.
Contact Information
Leslie Anderson Consulting, Inc.
10 Blackwood Road
Asheville, NC 28804
(828) 252-4913
