Meet the team
Meet our team of amazing women with their inspiring stories and bios!
Meet the Elevate for Women Team
At Elevate for Women, our team is dedicated to empowering women to achieve their career aspirations and rise to leadership roles. We bring together a diverse group of professionals with a shared passion for supporting women’s growth and success. Each member of our team contributes their unique expertise and insights to create a powerful platform that guides and inspires women on their journey to the top.
Together, we are committed to unlocking potential, unleashing power, and elevating careers.
Leasa Neaves
Founder, CEO & Executive Coach
As the Founder and CEO of Leasa Neaves Leadership Advisory, Leasa specializes in helping tech executives, leaders and their teams to achieve transformational outcomes and navigate a broad range of business challenges. With more than 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and Leadership in tech companies, she offers unique perspectives to help leaders and their teams accelerate performance and experience professional growth.
The Elevate for Women arm of Leasa’s coaching practice reflects her deep commitment to empowering women to advance. Leasa began her journey to enable women to grow and thrive more than 15 years ago. In that time, she led a 7000+ member women’s employee resource group, designed and executed numerous leadership and development programs for women, and helped countless women accelerate their professional growth.
Vanessa Thomas
Enablement
Vanessa Thomas has been a dedicated professional in the tech industry for 18 years. She began her career as an inside sales rep at Dell, building a strong foundation in sales by cultivating customer relationships and mentoring peers. Vanessa then transitioned into a leadership role, overseeing public accounts in the Central United States, where she focused on hiring, training, and coaching exceptional sales teams. Her strategic career progression led her to a sales operations leadership role, where she analyzed and improved the hiring and onboarding processes for Dell’s sales organization.
After 12 successful years at Dell, Vanessa joined VMware as a Global Sales Enablement Lead, where she developed custom training programs for direct and partner teams. Today, Vanessa embarks on a new chapter as an Account Executive at Gartner, covering public accounts in the Austin area, fulfilling a long-time aspiration.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
Join Elevate for Women and embark on a journey of growth and empowerment. Whether you are looking to develop new leadership skills, manage your career, aim for your first Director role, or advance even further, we are here to support you every step of the way.
Join the growing number of women who have elevated their careers with Elevate for Women. Explore our resources, join our development programs, and start your journey today!
