What Clients Say
"In terms of personal qualities, Leslie has a solid work ethic and produces work of high caliber. Her communication style is effective and her interaction in professional settings and is respectful and professional. Leslie secures and facilitates the meetings with great organizations across the board to promote collaborations and most importantly, yields a tremendous amount of funding for her organization and that of the collaborator. Leslie is widely considered to be a great resource for mental health clients, persons with developmental disabilities and other vulnerable populations.
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After 15 years of knowing and working with Leslie, I thoroughly recommend her. She will pour her heart and soul into your non-profit and your organization will never stand taller."
- Leslie Bannerman, ESUHSD Educational Psychologist
"During my tenure at Via Services, I worked with Leslie Davis, CEO/Executive Director, as Director of Advancement. I came to Via with little actionable fundraising and financial experience, Leslie provided seasoned support for our donor and corporate market as it pertained to fundraising. We worked together during my time at Via and collectively brought Via to a viable financial position that they had never had previously. Leslie worked with me to identify the individual donor market and we collaborated to build out the corporate markets, by bringing in large corporate stakeholders, Google being one of them. Leslie provided tremendous leadership throughout these fundraising initiatives, which resulted in financial success for the organization.
In conjunction with working together on identifying and stewarding individual donors and corporate sponsors, Leslie oversaw all aspects of Via West, Via Services' 14-acre campus, operational functions, marketing and participant participation. Leslie worked across all business verticals within Via Services suite of programs and services. Leslie had tremendous admiration and respect from Via's internal stakeholder's - Board of Directors, Via staff and the Via community, which we served. Outside of the Via community, Leslie is recognized as a leader and expert in the field she served. Leslie single handedly kept Via Services in a financially solvent position for the years she was CEO/Executive Director. Leslie was engaged in all aspects of the business and provided support and guidance throughout.
I am friends with Leslie to this day, 5 years after leaving Via due to personal reasons, Leslie continues to provide me with support and professional guidance. I would be honored to work with Leslie in any capacity in the future, and I would highly recommend Leslie for any leadership position or consulting role. Leslie will be an asset in any position she takes within any function of an organization, based on her years of leadership, financial, marketing and fundraising knowledge and expertise."
- Shannon McDaniel, Director of Development, American Heart Association
"Leslie is a tour de force! She has the skills, experience, attention to detail and fun personality which makes her the complete package. You would be hard pressed to find anyone else who could do a better job helping with your fundraising activities."
- Steve Godfryd, CEO, Pacific Auction Company
"Leslie & Prosper were a great resource as we utilized her to consult on some of our recent charitable efforts. She helped us execute parts of our plans to ensure we provided a maximized approach to all our charitable efforts and outcomes."
- Toni Pangelina, COO, Habbas & Associates
"I worked with Leslie and her team early on and she actually volunteered all of her time. We were so fortunate to reap the benefits of her training her team members with our event. They were simply incredible. We budgeted a gross of $36,000 in revenue and came in at $78,000. We expected 50 attendees and had 155.
Thank you Prosper!"
- Board President, OSBL Soccer
"Leslie Davis is willing to do whatever it takes. I have every confidence that she can help make sure those with special needs are able to avail themselves of every resource possible. Her advocacy for productive and inclusive living while navigating “the system” has already helped to improve the lives of thousands of individuals.
If you choose to work with her, you’ll have the rare privilege of working with a caring and relentless advocate that spends every day working on her passion project: ensuring special needs individuals get access to every resource they need for a happy life."
- Parent, Via Services
"Leslie has a way of bringing everyone together in the most difficult of situations. She has an incredible work ethic. Her work product is very high caliber. Her communication style. Employees immediately are “bought in” and therefore she is able to make things happen in an uber efficient way. She is a great resource for families, individuals, and organizations who work with those struggling with mental health issues or challenges with developmental disabilities."
- Parent, Via Services