Vanessa Leonard
(6th Congressional District)
Rockford, Alabama

Trustee Vanessa Leonard earned her B.S. and J.D. degrees from The University of Alabama and an MBA from The University of Mississippi.  Her collegiate honors include Outstanding Health Care Management Award, Afro American Association Outstanding Junior and Outstanding Senior Awards, inductee Anderson Society, student representative business school re-accreditation committee (Ole Miss) and Black Law Student Association Outstanding Service Award.

Beginning her career at Emory University, Vanessa Leonard had progressive advancement in higher education consulting, five years with the national accounting firm KPMG and two years at her own consulting firm.  Currently she is a practicing attorney in Rockford with a passion for families, education and juveniles.  Vanessa’s practice focuses on probate, property, and juvenile matters.  As a former Alabama Assistant Attorney General for her county’s Human Resources Department, she handled child support and protective services matters.  She serves as general counsel for her church and advisor to other non-profit organizations in her area. 

A leadership Alabama alumna, Vanessa is a member of the Protective Life Corporation Board of Directors.  Formerly, she served on the Lake Martin Area United Way Board and the Governor's Task Force to Strengthen Alabama Families.  She is very active in her local church and district association, teaching Sunday school to high school students, serving on finance, banking, and building committees, and as district youth director and teacher for the Congress of Christian Education. 

Business Address
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 97
Rockford, AL 35136
256-377-2658

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