Chief Executive Officer, Daisy Ventures LLC., Leslie Andrews Consulting
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Advancement, National Urban League

After amassing over 25 years of sales, marketing and nonprofit leadership experience, Leslie Andrews launched Daisy Ventures LLC which is the parent company for her three other companies. These companies are Leslie Andrews Consulting – specializing in nonprofit development and training where she has assisted clients in executing multi-million-dollar campaigns; Leslie Speaks! – delivering motivational and corporate speeches, and Daisy Real Estate Development which rehabilitates housing in urban neighborhoods. Professionally, she currently serves as a Vice President with the National Urban League based in New York, NY., and charged with the oversight of a donor portfolio that generates over $150 million dollars for the organization.

Andrews has proudly served her community donating many years of active board service, to the following organizations (year joined): Detroit Receiving and Harper/Hutzel Hospital Board of Trustees (2013); Arise Detroit ( Chair, 2011); the Vanguard Economic Development Corporation (2011 – Board Chair – 2015-2024); Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP – 2014); and L!fe Leaders (2021 – Board Chair – 2023). Other civic memberships include the Links Inc. – Great Lakes chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc.

Andrews holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia, Master of Business Administration from Northcentral University (AZ), and graduate certification from the Yale Campaign School at Yale University. She was named a 2010 Woman of Excellence by the Michigan Chronicle; and is a graduate of Leadership AFP (2008), Leadership Detroit (2011), and Leadership America (2016).