Charlene Staples

Charlene Staples, MBA, has extensive experience in marketing, currently serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Leedstone, Inc. since September 2017, where previous roles included Director and Associate Director of Marketing. Prior to this, Charlene held various positions at Tastefully Simple from May 2009 to September 2017, culminating as Senior Digital Marketing Manager. Additional experience includes Brand Manager at The Occasions Group and Retail Operations Analyst at Gander Mountain. Charlene began their career as a Quantitative Research Analyst at Rural Cellular Corporation and as Production Coordinator at Nahan Printing, Inc. Academically, Charlene earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Mary and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Organizational Management from the University of Minnesota Duluth.