Leslie Barnes Email and Phone Number

Head of Elite Athlete Services for Biocore. Consultant for NFL Player Health and Safety tasked with leading the Footwear Research Workstream on Biocore's Team LEX. Responsible for helping Team LEX provide the highest level of engineering, biomechanical, and clinical expertise to our clients and athletes seeking to reduce injury and optimize performance as it relates to footwear fit, design and surface interaction.

The Sport Psyched Group is dedicated to the betterment of athlete performance, mental well-being, and financial health. A consultancy comprised of multidisciplinary experts and healthcare practitioners provide an integrated approach to serving professional athletes, teams, and leagues. As the Executive Director of Elite Athlete Health and Wellness, my responsibilities include driving the long-term strategy for meeting the performance needs of elite and professional athletes across multiple sports and leagues. This is achieved by leveraging experience gained through years of working with the world's greatest athletes in industry and medicine; with the aim of providing innovative solutions that educate and ensure player health and wellness, safety in sport, and product fit and performance.

Subject matter expert who led the scientific testing that informed footwear customization and readiness for return to play across for Nike's elite athletes across all sport categories. Key cross-functional partner with Product Creation and Sports Marketing. Key Business Achievements: Directed performance and product insights for over a thousand Nike teams and athletes including World, Olympic, and League Champions. Responsible for driving sport-specific changes in Nike last development to accurately accommodate athlete foot morphology.

Applied Performance Innovation Scientist responsible for leading the research that delivered both performance and product insights for Nike's elite athletes. Embedded member of Nike's Promo Product Creation Teams driving innovative footwear solutions across all sport categories.NSRL and Nike WHQ Testing Teams COVID Task Force Lead: Lead a team of over 20 researchers, analysts, and directors in executing an operational strategy to ensure Nike's safe return to in-person athlete and mechanical testing during a global pandemic. Key Business Achievements: Restored pre-pandemic athlete research volumes at Nike World Quarters. Evolved, socialized, and operationalized innovative best practices for athlete research for the Lebron James Innovation Center.Advanced Innovation Sustainability Project Manager: Lead Nike's sustainability initiative to empower employees to live more sustainability at home through community solar. Key Business Achievements: Managed external partnerships and corporate communications to drive employee participation and program success. Secured senior leadership support through quarterly updates and presentations.

Clinical Researcher for Nike's Sport Performance Insights Team. Responsible for conducting assessments and leading research on Nike's elite athletes. Translated this information into insights that informed footwear customization for both performance and protection. Lead researcher for Nike's Olympic Track and Field Sprint projects leading up to the 2016 and 2021 Olympic Games.

Responsible for coordinating and providing outpatient physical therapy services to university students, athletes, staff, and faculty. Faculty member for the University of Florida’s Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. Additional responsibilities include: clinical instruction and supervision of physical therapy assistants, graduate and undergraduate student interns, and volunteers.

Coordinator for UF Health Rehab Internal Continuing Education program. Coordinator for Gainesville High School - Allied Health Program clinical rehabilitation rotations. Clinical instruction and supervision of physical therapy assistants, graduate and undergraduate student interns, and volunteers. Additional responsibilities included prn acute inpatient coverage at Shands UF Hospital.

PRN Therapist responsible for providing inpatient therapy services within the hospital system.