Leigh left a life of leisure in Palm Springs, CA to attend that infamous party school, Chico State. Not that she ever partied, of course. While the other kids were drinking beer and downing tequila shooters, she was sitting up late at her desk, pouring over her marketing textbooks. OK, maybe she had a couple of beers. After college, Leigh joined Lam Research, where she was later promoted from Marketing Associate to Product Marketing Engineer. She then learned all about trade show and event marketing as a Account Executive for Ziff-Davis, working on the NetWorld+Interop conferences. She joined sfpg in 1998 as a Account Manager. But she still has a soft spot in her heart for Chico.