Leslie Beauchamp currently serves as a field specialist with the Rewarding Excellence in Instruction and Leadership (REIL) grant. She works with principals, assistant principals, and district leaders to build strong human capital management systems, implement innovative models that support students and teachers, and increase the effectiveness and retention of teachers and leaders in high-need schools. Leslie previously served as a high school teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and an elementary school principal in central Phoenix. Leslie has been a faculty associate for various educational leadership courses and models including traditional, in-person models, synchronous remote video-based models, and hybrid models since 2001. Leslie earned a master's in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2003. She also holds a Master's Degree in Mind, Brain, & Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Bachelor of Science in English and Secondary Education from Vanderbilt University.