Background
Leslie is a professional consulting engineer with 10 years of experience in protective design engineering for new and existing buildings. Her experience includes a variety of DoS, DoD, GSA, VA, and private projects relating to implementation of explosive safety, physical security, and antiterrorism requirements. Specializing in the use of non-linear dynamic analysis techniques, she has extensive experience in understanding the structural and façade performance under extreme loading conditions, both accidental and intentional. Her experience has taught her collaboration is essential to developing cost effective and constructible design solutions.