HOMEBASE
Chicago, IL
Leslie Humbel is a Senior Vice President with deep communications and marketing experience spanning numerous industries, disease areas and treatment modalities. She leverages strong interpersonal skills to guide and motivate teams to meet and exceed client expectations, while ensuring client programs are focused on realizing their strategic goals.
Career and education
- 20+ years of experience across the healthcare industry supporting corporate reputation/positioning, brand promotion and stakeholder education
- Directed both U.S. and global communications around regulatory and data milestones, advocacy relations and disease awareness for large and emerging healthcare companies
- Extensive experience in rare disease, including in-house communications, marketing and advocacy
- Prior strategic roles at global communications agencies focused on consumer education and health technology
Standout skills
Strategic planning for integrated programs, writing, account oversight, mentoring and coaching
Claim to fame
I was born on Leap Day, with just <0.1% of the world’s population
Local insight
“Everyone knows Chicago for the cold, but its beaches in the summer are unmatched. That’s why Midwesterners call the Great Lakes ‘The Fresh Coast’!”