LESLIE LEVENTMAN
Leslie Leventman is Executive Vice President of Creative Services, Special Events and Convention Planning for MTV Networks, which is a unit of Viacom and one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
As a branding expert, Leventman develops integrated creative strategies that deliver MTV Networks’ messaging and promote it as an industry leader. Since joining the company in 1980, Leventman’s unique style of branding has led to an impressive body of work.
She played a leading role in the creation and expansion of many of MTVN’s domestic and international assets, including Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and many others. She spearheads countless acclaimed campaigns, events and presentations to key business constituents and consumers. Additionally, Leventman is a strong believer that uniting diverse perspectives enhances creativity. This is a driving theme of her career, as she has championed projects like MTVN’s first global internal magazine and intranet site, and led a company-wide initiative encouraging employees’ creative visions.

Leventman is committed to – and recognized for – leading an outstanding team, whose works have influenced pop culture and been displayed in the Smithsonian Institution. She has received hundreds of industry awards, and was recognized by HOW magazine as directing one of America’s top in-house creative design studios. Additionally, she served as a guest lecturer at the Wharton School at Penn, where she spoke about motivating creative teams in a business environment.

Leventman serves on the board of directors of Rock and Wrap It Up!, which delivers extra food from events to shelters. She founded Project We Share, the group’s corporate donation arm, in 1993, and received the Lena and Joseph Mandelbaum Humanitarian Award in 2001, alongside former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman (Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Award recipient). Additionally, Leventman supported the creation of the Federal Food Donation Act, the core of which came from a Rock and Wrap It Up! position paper on fighting poverty in America. It was signed into law on June 19, 2008.

Leventman also serves on the boards of the Women’s Expressive Theater and Second Chance Toys, and has worked to support organizations including the T.J. Martell Foundation, New York Urban League, Rock the Vote, Children of Chernobyl, The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and many others.