Michelle Leslie

Michelle Leslie has a diverse work experience starting in 2007 with La Mirada City Government, where they served as a Supervising Cashier and Acting Marketing and Special Events Coordinator. Michelle then worked at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems as a Contract Administrator, responsible for organizing and executing closeouts for contracts in the Aerospace division. From 2011 to 2012, Michelle worked as a Salesperson at Nordstrom.

In 2012, Michelle joined Market Leader as a Member Services Specialist, providing support for RealEstate.com, ActiveRain.com, and IMSD. Michelle then moved on to ActiveRain as a Marketing Specialist. The following year, Michelle joined Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law as a Social Media and Online Communications Coordinator.

Starting in 2015, Michelle began their tenure at Chapman University, where they held various roles. Michelle started as an Interactive Marketing Specialist and later became the Social Media and Communications Manager. In 2018, they took on the role of Assistant Director of Digital Marketing, where they developed and implemented institutional online marketing campaigns. Michelle was promoted to Director of Marketing in 2019.

Most recently, Michelle joined Catalina Island Company in 2022 as the Marketing Director.

Michelle Leslie received a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from Chapman University, where they studied from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing at California State University, Long Beach from 2007 to 2010. Michelle also had a semester at the University of Virginia in 2009, where they studied Global Studies as part of the Semester at Sea program. Michelle holds an Associate's Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Fullerton College, which they obtained from 2005 to 2007.

Additionally, Michelle has a Professional Certificate in Social Media and Web Writing for Higher Ed from Higher Ed Experts, which they acquired in 2016. Michelle has obtained multiple certifications, including Google Universal Analytics Essential Training (2020), Marketing Analytics: Presenting Digital Marketing Data (2021), Marketing Analytics: Setting and Measuring KPIs (2021), Remarketing Strategies with Google Ads and Analytics (2021), SEO Foundations (2021), and Time Management Fundamentals (2020). Michelle is also Inbound Certified from HubSpot Academy (2018) and has passed the Semrush Content Marketing Toolkit Exam (2021). Michelle has also completed the Blogging Boot Camp from ActiveRain, although the specific details of the certification are not provided.