Alumni Profiles
Leslie Ricketts
MPIA '93
Leslie A. Ricketts is Director of Operations at the Center for Island Climate Adaption and Policy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Leslie spent twelve years after graduating from IR/PS in program management positions for organizations such as World Wildlife Fund, The Washington Advisory Group, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in Washington, DC, and spent a year at the Inter-American Development Bank as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. She also served on the board of trustees of Unity of Monterey Bay and as a shoreline docent for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.In addition to her vocational achievements, Leslie planted more than 90 tree seedlings as part of her Leadership Monterey Peninsula community project.
