Leonard Schlesinger

Leonard A. Schlesinger is the founder of Service Management Group LLC, founded in 1991.
Current jobs include Chief Operating Officer, Vice Chairman & Director at Intimate Beauty Corp.; Director at Restoration Hardware, Inc. since 2014; Independent Director at RH since 2014; Director at MassChallenge, Inc.; Director at Print Syndicate, Inc. since 2015; Director at Viewpost North America, LLC; Member-President Council at Franklin W.
Olin College of Engineering; Trustee at Wheaton College (Illinois); Member at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.; Member at The Council on Competitiveness; Professor-Business Administration at Harvard Business School since 2013; Advisor at Omnichannel Acquisition Corp.; Advisor at College for Social Innovation.
Former jobs include Vice Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer at Bath & Body Works, Inc. (2007); Vice Chairman at The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship; Vice Chairman & Chief Operating Officer at L Brands Inc (1999–2007); Director at Pegasystems, Inc. (1999); Director at Borders Group, Inc. (1995–2009); Director at BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (2009–2011); Lead Independent Director at Demandware LLC (2014–2016); Director at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (2009); Independent Director at DP Cap Acquisition Corp.
I (2021–2024); Director at Next Level Pizza, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Panera Bread Co.; Chief Operating Officer & Executive VP at ABP Corp.; President at Babson College (2008–2013); Professor-Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Education includes undergraduate degree from Brown University and doctorate from Harvard Business School.