Professional BIO   Mary Anne Leslie is a licensed Assisted Living Health Care Administrator in the Commonwealth of Virginia and sole proprietor of Life Skills for Excellence, LLC, a learning investment firm.   Experienced in care giving, professional and fun...her most rewarding work is presenting workshops in The NEST...experience the art of caring. Professional Experience   Health Care Administrator of Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village. Hardy, Virginia (Independent Living Cottages, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Enhanced Needs Care,) Director of Marketing of Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village. Hardy, Virginia Training Coordinator, Department of Defense, Health Affairs, Military Heath Services, Tricare Management Administration, Uniform Business Office, developing, delivering and implementing Revenue Cycle training for Military Treatment Facilities, worldwide. Falls Church, Virginia Training senior U.S. Air Force personnel regarding transition to the National Security Personnel System [NSPS], presented Interest Based Negotiation - Coaching and Communication Skills Management Concepts, Inc.  Independent Consultant presented over twenty topics of “soft skills” training. Vienna, Virginia Director of Social Services and Director of Admissions for [240 bed and 120 bed] long term care facilities. Arlington and Burke, Virginia Director of United Services Organization [USO]. Kwang Ju Air Base, Republic of South Korea  Professional Affiliation - Activities - Education American Society of Training and Development, Valleys of Virginia Chapter [ASTD] VP Marketing, Executive Board 2007 -2011 National American Society of Training and Development, active member YMCA Franklin County, Virginia, Board of Directors - 2008 - Feb ruary 2011 Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia, Board of Directors 2006 - 2011 Virginia Public Speakers Association Founder of The Smith Mountain Lake "Hoo's Hoo" Networking gatherings for women's professional development and business referrals Member of The Consortium on Aging for Central Virginia 2008 - 2011 Presenter at the Conference on Aging, sponsored by the Beard Center on Aging, Lynchburg College, 2008, 2009, 2011 Presenter at the VaLTC Networking Conference, Richmond, VA,  April 6-8, 2011 Contributing writer to Southwest Virginia SeniorNews, distribution of 20,000 Member of Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, Virginia www.visitsmithmountainlake.com Certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Writing a book...TO BE RELEASED  SUMMER  2011 Waynesburg University - Park University  Serves the first Friday, monthly as the Air Force Arlington Lady, Arlington National Cemetery, 1991 - Present Personal Profile   Mary Anne is married to a retired Air Force Officer, is the mother of five, mother-in-law of five, grandmother of twelve, sister and aunt of one, the center of the universe to one mini dachshund, and friend to many who gather, discuss, and simply, just be. CONTACT ME