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Women Mean Business - Patsy Lesley

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WMB host Leisa Holland-Nelson, president of ContentActive, interviews Patsy Lesley, founder of facilities relocation management firm Lesley & Assoc.

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Leisa: Hello, I'm Leisa Holland-Nelson, and welcome to another edition of Women Mean Business where we're going to take you up close and personal with extraordinary women doing extraordinary things. My guest today is Patsy Lesley, President and Founder of Leslie and Associates, a facilities relocation management firm. That's a mouthful, and I doubt that there are very many women running companies like yours. How did you get into this business?

Patsy: In 1981 I was hired by Transco to manage the fit out and the move into 1.2 million square feet when they were building what is now called Williams Tower, but at the time it was Transco Tower. I was hired to purchase all of the new furniture, to oversee the move and all of the fit out. I even helped purchase all of the china, and silver and crystal for the executive dining rooms -

Leisa: My favorite.

Patsy: - which was really fun to shop with someone else's money. [Laughter]

Leisa: I'd count on that, yes. That sounds great. So, how did you get to your business?

Patsy: Well, when I completed the move into the Transco Tower into 1984 I just loved what I had been doing. I liked the project management work and decided that I would like to try to start my own business. So, I made one phone call. There was a large company building a over a million square foot facility on the west side of Houston. I made one phone call, met with them and two weeks later I had that project, and I started the company.

Leisa: And here you are, all these years later.

Patsy: Twenty-eight years later.

Leisa: Oh, my gosh. There you have it, another extraordinary woman doing extraordinary things. I'm Leisa Holland-Nelson, President and Co-Founder of ContentActive, Houston's leading web and mobile technology company. You can find me at ContentActive.com or follow me on Twitter at LHNelson. We'll be back again next week with another edition of Women Mean Business.

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