Leslie Hayes, President and CEO

The founder of Hayes & Associates, Leslie Hayes knows how Washington works. The consummate Washington insider, she is as widely known in the meeting rooms of Congress and the White House as she is in the boardrooms of corporate America.

On a daily basis, Leslie works with the decision-makers who make Washington run...whether that work includes organizing an event for the Senate Majority Leader at the Republican National Convention, coordinating the first internet uplink from the East Room of the White House for Hillary Clinton, creating events attended by the President and Vice President of the United States, or hosting functions attended by more than half of the entire United States Congress.

Hayes & Associates serves a list of clients ranging from personal philanthropists and such major corporations as Bristol Myers-Squibb, the National Broadcasting Company, Lockheed Martin, Discovery Communications, Hallmark Channel, General Electric, and Pfizer ...to charitable and non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity International, March of Dimes, National Wildlife Federation, America’s Promise, the Girl Scouts of USA, the American Red Cross, the Washington National Cathedral, USO International, and National Trust for Historic Preservation, among a long list of others. Leslie orchestrated the opening of the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton, Ohio, developing a strategic plan, creating a corporate identity, developing Board and State First Lady committees, leading the corporate fundraising effort, and overseeing the development and implementation of a series of opening activities and the creation of an annual awards program. She has overseen the management of multiple events at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions during each of the last five presidential election cycles and designed and directed eight major events within a period of two days during the most recent Presidential Inaugural. Over the years, Leslie has worked in all of Washington, DC’s preeminent event spaces, including all of the Smithsonian Institution’s major museums.

A native of Louisiana, Leslie is a graduate of Tulane University and a founding partner of the South’s largest woman-owned video production company. Leslie began her work in Washington public relations over twenty years ago. She has served as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the International Clubs and the International Neighbors Clubs of Washington, DC (the spouses of Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, and the Presidential Administration), and on the boards of the National Osteoporosis Foundation and The Congressional Club. She is currently on the advisory boards of the US Capitol Historical Society, BizBash and ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists). Leslie lives in McLean, Virginia with her husband.

Contact Leslie Hayes : lhayes@hayespr.com