About Leslie Kimerling
About Leslie KimerlingIsis Partners founder Leslie Kimerling has over 20 years of experience working with consumer health and wellness companies from start-up through IPO. |
Isis Partners Founder Leslie Kimerling is extremely adept at understanding where your business is and what your company’s needs are. She helps you at every level – strategic, financial, operational, and organizational. But what underlies it all is her wise and perceptive counsel. Howard Buford CEO, Prime Access |
Fitness Business Strong Worldwide
The global fitness industry exceeds $67 billion, serving 1119.5 millon members at 128,500 health clubs worldwide. In the U.S., revenues totaled $20.3 billion in 2010 serving 50.2 million members
Source: IHRSA, 2011Prior to founding Isis Partners in 2001, Ms. Kimerling held a variety of senior management positions. She was Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and CIO for Town Sports International, one of the top three fitness chains in the US. She was also President and COO of Worklinks, a provider of out-sourced employee portals to mid-sized organizations. She has served in numerous executive management roles for Isis Partners’ client companies, most recently as President and COO of Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation Centers.
Ms. Kimerling holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, an MA in Economics from Stanford University, and a BA with Honors in Economics and Middle East Studies from The University of Pennsylvania.
She is a founding board member of StreetSquash, an after-school youth enrichment program integrating academic tutoring with squash instruction, community service, and mentoring for children and young adults from Harlem, New York, and serves on its executive committee. She also serves on the board of StreetSquash’s sister program, Mile High Squash in Denver, the board of The Wellness Initiative based in Boulder, CO, and on the advisory board of The Libby Ross Foundation for Breast Cancer Survivors.