Leigh Slayden Email & Phone Number

St. Augustine

Oil paintings with expressive brushstrokes, bringing my travels to canvas in-studio and en plein air. Original works available on laslayden.com - follow works in progress on instagram leigh_slayden or Facebook @LslaydenCommissions accepted.#havepaintwilltravel

Headed member services team in retention, recruitment, and developing programs and value-added benefits for members in the culinary professions. Accomplishments include introducing successful direct mail recruitment campaigns, streamlining renewals to reduce costs, and copywriting comprehensive brochures to appeal to different audiences, from professionals.

Virtually Everywhere

Nonprofit and association clients turn to me to develop strategies for their unique challenges, from member recruitment and retention to program launches and publication sales. Recent clients include American Chemical Society - Entrepreneurial Resources Center; Biblical Archaeology Society; Entomological Society of America; The Danya Institute.

Columbia, MD

Oversee Membership & Marketing for an interdisciplinary medical society providing continuing medical education, clinical practice guidelines, publishing research and caregiver/patient information. Committee support executive, responsible for drafting strategic plans and mapping actions to reach goals.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Oversee National Communications, Membership, and Education team for 200,000-member grassroots advocacy organization, governed by family farmers in 26 local Farmers Union organizations. Support Board goals and state chapter leaders in-person and via teleconference, creating outreach campaigns and developing member value proposition to enhance grassroots.

Silver Spring, MD

Direct marketing to increase market share for education/workforce development and scientific programs, create member experience including social media engagement.

Virtually Everywhere

Founder/Owner of agency marketing for nonprofits: membership to conferences to branding and beyond. Clients include: Smithsonian Institution, Association of Public-Safety Officials International, InfoComm International, American Society for Microbiology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American.

Washington D.C.

Directed staff of 10 in membership marketing, successfully reversing a 3-year downward trend. Oversaw customer service policy for nearly 160K professional members/subscribers to flagship newsmagazine, Chemical & Engineering News. Liaison to Membership Committee.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Grew nondues revenue millions over goal by leading collaborative teams in marketing all ACP business units, ranging from membership of 116K physicians to flagship Annals of Internal Medicine journal, conferences to and educational products. Senior staff providing informational support to Board and chapter leaders.

Grew membership and Diabetes Forecast magazine circulation by 50%, managing $3.5M marketing expense budget for publication with $25M revenue stream. Grew membership of health care professionals by 35%.