Currently Leslie oversees all of Frito Lay’s innovation planning, strategy & reporting across all snacking brands as well as innovation capabilities within the marketing organization.
Prior to that Leslie looked after the Doritos brand where she “Reignited the Icon,” leading two successful Super Bowl campaigns, the record-breaking launch of Flamin’ Hot Nacho and ultimately returned the brand to above plan growth. Before joining the Doritos team, Leslie led the Core Brand innovation team where she worked on developing innovation projects & pipelines across Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos & Dips. She started her career at PepsiCo with roles on the Shopper Marketing team and on the Foodservice Culinary Innovation team.
Before PepsiCo, Leslie worked at Dr Pepper Snapple Group leading the Dr Pepper, Crush & Schweppes brands & started her marketing career at General Mills.
Leslie has a BS in Business from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Away from work she enjoys spending time with her husband and kids (Jackson – 16, Isabel – 15), running, cooking and traveling.