Valerie F. Leonard

Community Development Consultant

...For results that stand the test of time.

Qualifications

Valerie F. Leonard is a community development consultant based in Chicago, Illinois.  Her mission is to strengthen the capacity of organizations to make a positive impact on the communities they serve through technical assistance, specialized workshops, resource and organizational development and project management. She has recently served as visiting senior associate at the University of Illinois Great Cities Institute, teaching program development for proposal writing and conducting organizational assessments for emerging organizations.

Ms. Leonard  has considerable experience in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.  Having held various positions that have allowed her to analyze organizations from the top down, her emphases have been finance, community development, organizational development and real estate project management. Prior to starting her consulting practice, she

• Spearheaded the spin-off of a community-based grant making organization from a family foundation and became its founding executive director

• Managed site planning and development activities for certain Jewel and Osco stores in Chicago and the six Collar Counties

• Coordinated financings in excess of $100 million for construction, renovation and major capital equipment purchases for a healthcare system on Chicago's West Side

• Developed marketing strategies for New York City's $6 billion general obligation bond program

Ms. Leonard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Master of Management degree with concentrations in finance and marketing from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. 

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