Leslie G. Mayer, Ph.D. President & CEO

Leslie Mayer created Mayer Leadership Group to provide comprehensive counsel and support to boards, CEOs and senior management teams of both growing companies and established market- leading enterprises. She consults in such areas as board/management relations, leadership effectiveness and development, cultural transformation, identifying and leveraging talent within the organization, enhancing political savvy in complex environments or new roles, creating resonant cultures that support business objectives, managing uncertainty, knowledge transfer and building relationships with outside clients and partners.

By background a psychologist and educator and by nature an entrepreneur, Leslie possesses a powerful understanding of what it takes to lead and grow young businesses, enterprises undergoing fundamental transformation or explosive growth, or companies navigating the uncertain waters of complex global and technological markets. Leslie both provides her own expertise in Talent Identification, Leadership Development, Learning Theory and Group Dynamics and leads a team of experts experienced in a variety of leadership, organizational and communications disciplines.

Mayer Leadership Group’s clients have included chief executives and senior management of NYSE Euronext, VWR International, Sealed Air Corporation, Heartland Payment Systems, GlaxoSmithKline, QVC, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, UGI Corporation, AmeriGas, Lincoln Financial, ViroPharma, American Water Services, Centro Watt, Wolf Block, Neiman Group, Safeguard Scientifics, Internet Capital Group, EnerTech Capital Partners, TL Ventures, LLR Partners, JSP International, Bell Microproducts and Comverge as well as government and not-for- profit institutions such as the Federal Reserve Bank, American Red Cross, Philadelphia School District, University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and Wharton School of Business. For many years, Leslie also served as Senior Consultant to the Key Executive Services (KES) practice of Right Management Consultants, the world’s leading global provider of integrated consulting solutions.

Leslie holds both Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. For seven years, she served as a Senior Fellow in the Management Department of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, working with the Wharton Global Family Alliance. Her involvement with the University of Pennsylvania has also included teaching at the Graduate School of Education and speaking at international alumni meetings. Leslie has been featured in a variety of national and international publications, including Worth, Inc., The Philadelphia Inquirer, Director and Boards, Barrons.com, Diario Economica and China Manager magazines. She has been a keynote speaker at numerous regional conferences, as well. Over the course of the past decade, she has served on both Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. Leslie is a member of the Forum of Executive Women, Society for Psychologists in Management, the American Psychological Association and served on the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women for seven years.