Dr. Leslie Morrison Faerstein has a long history in nonprofit administration. She received her undergraduate degree from Beloit College in Wisconsin. She completed her Master of Science in Social Work from the Columbia University School of Social Work and her doctorate in Family and Community Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Leslie is currently the Executive Director of a new nonprofit organization, amazing.community; its mission is to expand the work horizon for women over 50 and to transform the false narrative about aging by redefining workplace inclusion, one woman at a time.
Leslie has been instrumental in coming in on the ground floor of new nonprofit organizations and growing them into national organizations. These include: founding and running a New York State nonprofit mental health clinic specializing in Eating Disorders and Women Who Were Sexually Abused, establishing and running a New York City behavioral health managed care organization, starting as the first Executive Director of Musicians On Call, a nonprofit organization that brings live music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities; Leslie grew MOC to 50 weekly programs in 6 cities over her nearly 14 years there. Additionally, she has been the Executive Director for an arts in healthcare organization and went on from there to run a new nonprofit organization, DoMore4:Good that set up volunteer activities for high school students in urban areas (Cleveland, Los Angeles, Anaheim CA).
Leslie serves on the Board of Managers of Lincoln Hall Boys Haven and LH Foundation. She chairs the Program Committee and the Human Resources Committee and sits on the Development Committee. She is an Advisory Board member of Globetops, a nonprofit organization that enables people to actualize their dreams by giving technological tools to the poorest sections of society. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Australian-based nonprofit, A Sound Life and sits on the Advisory Board of The Art Therapy Project.
She has most recently lectured on Women, Aging and Body Image and writes a blog (www.lesliemfaerstein.com). Leslie maintains a small private psychotherapy practice in Manhattan.