There are 8 article(s) tagged Leigh Mansberg:

• March 2025

  • Memphis businesswomen say ‘Yes, and’ approach is key to success

    At the Women and Business seminar, three local women highlight the importance of seizing opportunity. “You say, ‘Yes, and;’ quit playing off your back foot, and get on your front foot.”

    By Sophia Surrett March 03, 2025

• February 2025

  • Panelists will share stories — and listen — at Women and Business Seminar

    MLGW’s Ursula Madden, Junior Achievement’s Leigh Mansberg and former longtime Overton Park Executive Director Tina Sullivan will lead a conversation on women in business at The Daily Memphian’s Feb. 27 seminar at Memphis Botanic Garden. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 25, 2025

• June 2023

  • Global art star looks to level playing field for creative teens

    The teenagers in the Contemporary Arts Memphis’ summer program spend three weeks at St. Columba Retreat Center and then a week in New York, visiting museums and meeting working artists. 

    By Christin Yates June 11, 2023

• June 2022

  • Junior Achievement president revitalizes Memphis entrepreneur program

    Leigh Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do energy that was the air she breathed growing up.

    By Jane Roberts June 20, 2022

  • FedEx-backed program aims to ‘create the next generation of entrepreneurs’

    “Since children can’t be what they can’t see, a critical component of this program is that the participating entrepreneurs represent diverse industries and communities across our region,” said Leigh Mansberg, president and CEO of Junior Achievement.

    By Courtney Wilson June 16, 2022

• March 2022

  • Fifth-graders run a city for a day at JA BizTown

    Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South built a city that models all the careers that students can aspire to have as adults, and they run the city during a five-hour simulation.

    By Christin Yates March 10, 2022

• March 2021

  • Opinion: Ford’s handling of Junior Achievement grant reminiscent of past scandals

    An independent investigation by attorney Brian Faughnan flatly accuses Ford of deliberately deceiving his fellow commissioners by failing to disclose to them his obvious conflict of interest. To call Faughnan’s report damning is an understatement. 

    By Otis Sanford March 21, 2021

• November 2019

  • Memphis teens learn about entrepreneurship

    Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events. 

    By Elle Perry November 22, 2019