Leigh Anne Preston ’85
About Leigh Anne Preston ’85
New to retirement, Leigh Anne brings more than 35 years of experience including as a staff member on Capitol Hill, a trade association executive, small international business owner, and elementary school teacher.
Additionally, she has served as a board member on several high-profile nonprofits including numerous three-year terms on the Henderson, Ky., based Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation (RBPFF) board since 1990 and has engaged, participated in and delivered training for board members since that time. She helped facilitate the transformation from being a reactive donating organization to a strategic impactor. She has served a term on the Woodcock Foundation working with churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky to identify qualified college scholarship recipients. Preston is actively involved with Impact 100 Louisville, a group of women working to award large grants to transform lives through the Louisville nonprofit Community.
As a small business owner, she travelled extensively to present her popcorn product lines in Asia and the Middle East and was successful in designing bulk and long-term contracts with sought after customers. Her company helped bring microwave popcorn to Israel and was the largest supplier of bulk popcorn to S. Korea.
At the end of her consulting contract following the sale of her business, she was sought out by the Louisville Classical Academy where she taught many special area classes over ten years including: elementary global studies, science, Civics, Ancient Greek Mythology, Kentucky history, PE and art.
Preston served on the board of directors of Field & Main Bank in Henderson, KY from 2016-2021, and continues to serve on the Field and Main Bancorp board and Governance Committee.
She graduated from Stephens College in 1985 with a BA in Business and Minor in French. She did her junior year abroad at the American College of Paris. She served as president of the Stephens Alumnae Club of DC and helped start the endowed scholarship that continues today. She is the youngest of four daughters, three of whom graduated from Stephens. She currently lives in Louisville, KY with her husband Jeff and 17- and 19-year-old daughters.