Leisa Holland-Nelson

Leisa spent 20 + years in the Fashion business in NYC, initiating product development areas for Federated Department Stores in Men’s and Women’s Accessories and Women’s Sportswear before leading companies including Outlander and Evan Picone. In that industry she was recognized as a leading speaker on trends and financial forecasts.

After a stint in Executive Search as a Partner with Heidrick & Struggles she moved to Houston and began her successful Entrepreneurial career launching RentTheSite.com in 2004, the first product offering of her future company ContentActive, which was recognized six times with the Fast Tech 50 Award, seven times as a top web developer in Houston, a Best Place to Work and a four-time Better Business Bureau Winner of Distinction. Her mission then and now is “Doing well by doing good”, and commitment to the community continues to play a big role at ASTOUNDZ.

Leisa is currently serving on the Boards of Directors of the March of Dimes, the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, The American Leadership Forum, AVDA, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Hermann Park Conservancy and Holocaust Museum Houston.

She has been honored to be named one of Houston’s Fifty Most Influential Women, a Senior Fellow of The American Leadership Forum, two-time Chair of the Board of the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, one of HBJ/ Mass Mutual’s Powerful Women in Entrepreneurship, a Celebrated Entrepreneur by Houston Technology Center, a Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Breakthrough Woman, an ABC/Channel 13 Woman of Distinction, and most recently an HBJ Woman Who Means Business.

Leisa is also a fifth-generation Houstonian, recently married to Bob Bowman and the proud parent and grandparent to two incredible granddaughters! She attended the University of Texas and bleeds Orange!