Leslie Lynn Smith 's Linkedin Analytics

Experienced Entrepreneurial Chief Executive Myriad for-profit start-up, scale and turnaround executive experiences translated into best-in-class non-profit leadership within the economic development industry. Specific focus on organizational and programmatic stabilization, growth and scale strategies that advance and synthesize community development, economic justice, education, entrepreneurship, innovation and social equity. Visionary Strategist - Powerful Partner - Scale and Sustainability Expert - Extraordinary Team Development Professional - Outcome-Oriented - Seamless Execution - Personal Commitment - Creative Consensus-Builder - Integrity-Based Leadership - Creative strategist able to assess opportunities, develop innovative solutions, synthesize support partners and delivery teams and execute designed programs with extraordinary results. - Successful implementation of enterprise best practices and policies for multiple employers and clients installed to ensure proper financial and operational controls with the requisite support systems in place to effectively further enterprise vision, mission, goals and objectives. - Fifteen years complex transactional structuring experience, including the successful negotiation and delivery of myriad multi-faceted acquisition, disposition, capital acquisition & financing transactions with private equity, venture capital, corporate donors, local, regional and national foundations, commercial banks and institutional lenders totaling in excess of $200 billion. - Demonstrated ability to develop trust, manage political landscapes, build community and create consensus among disparate constituencies. - Courageous, tenacious, resilient, decisive executive.