Leigh Ober

Leigh is honored and thrilled to be part of the EWL team and help provide opportunities for young women to succeed in today’s increasingly challenging world.  

It takes courage to dream and perseverance to bring dreams to reality. “Some of us have been fortunate to have been provided with many tools for success,” said Leigh. “It’s my responsibility to help create opportunity and provide encouragement for others to see that success is within their grasp. At EWL, we can pave the way through a financial hurdle and then, perhaps even more importantly, mentor these inspiring women on their journey to their definition of success. 

Leigh’s career spans communications, human resources and customer service operations. Leigh is currently director – human resources with Idearc Media (formerly known as Verizon Information Services), a $3.5 billion multi-media company that helps businesses and consumers find what they need when they need it. Idearc publishes and sells advertising in the Verizon Yellow Pages and www.superpages.com as well as direct mail products. In the HR role, Leigh coaches employees at all levels to improve their effectiveness and leads a team that provides total HR support with a focus on recruiting, employee relations, sales productivity, talent management and organizational development. 

At Idearc, Leigh’s track record of improving business results also earned her leadership roles in customer service, public affairs and training. This combination of operational and corporate strategic roles enables Leigh to proactively identify and analyze ways to fully engage people to unify around a common objective and accomplish what’s required.