IWP is pleased to welcome Heidi LeBaron Leupp as the newest member of the Board of Trustees. Ms. LeBaron Leupp had served on the IWP Board of Advisors since November 2018.
“Those of us who know Heidi couldn’t be more delighted to have her join the Board of Trustees,” commented IWP founder and president John Lenczowski. “She is one of the most dynamic, enthusiastic, and creative people we know, and she has a distinguished record of volunteer service in higher education. Her professional abilities and experience in marketing will bring a new vitally important dimension to the considerable talents already on our Board. Welcome, Heidi!”
Ms. LeBaron Leupp is the Founder and Director of Enlightened Women, a group that fosters education on policy issues to develop a more informed electorate. She serves as a member of the Santa Clara University Board of Trustees. She is also the president emerita of the SCU National Alumni Association and serves on the Board of Fellows. She is an emerita member of the SCU Board of Regents.
LeBaron Leupp currently chairs the Federal Political Action Committee of the Lincoln Club of Northern California in San Francisco. She also serves on the Board of Trustees at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, chairing the Audit Committee.
She spent much of her career in the fashion industry, as Marketing Director for Levi’s Personal Pair Jeans, as the National Retail Marketing Director for Levi Strauss, and as a retail executive for various department stores, including Macy’s, The Emporium, and Weinstocks in California and Maas Brothers-Jordan Marsh in Florida.
Ms. LeBaron Leupp comments: “I am very honored to be joining the IWP Board of Trustees. IWP sets the gold standard in educating our future diplomats, military, intelligence and government leaders. I am energized and excited to help IWP move forward into its next chapter and grateful for the honor to serve.”