Senior Program Manager

Prior to joining DWS, Leigh held a variety of roles across her 16 years at Starbucks. She gained extensive experience in all facets of complex supply chain, retail store development for international market growth, project management and commercialization for single-use packaging innovation, as well as sourcing for store design elements such as finishes, furniture, artwork and signage. A proud Chicagoland native, Leigh’s hands-on design industry experience began 20 years ago as a film student at Columbia College, when she worked at an interior architecture design firm as the lead designer’s assistant. In that position, she created presentation boards for luxury retail clients, managed material submittals, and learned the ropes of design; while falling in love with fabrics, finishes, glue guns and self-healing cutting mats. Leigh is an avid outdoorswoman, cold water surfer, forager, soap-maker, crafter, writer and musician.