Sessions
Grow Your Sales through International Customers (Part 1)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Fri
Grow Your Sales through International Customers (Part 2)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Fri
Leslie Drake leads the U.S. Commercial Service in West Virginia and is based in Charleston. Leslie, along with trade specialists in Wheeling and the Appalachian Rural Export Center counsel businesses on all aspects of exporting. Before joining the International Trade Administration's U.S. Commercial Service as an International Trade Specialist in 2006, she worked for the state of West Virginia Development Office International Division for 13 years, working with West Virginia businesses to help them access export markets. In the past 25 years, Leslie has led or organized trade missions to more than 30 countries, working with many small and medium-sized companies. Leslie holds an MBA in international business and marketing from the University of Kentucky and is a Certified Global Business Provider.