<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0cToax_1E6dYbHR00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0cToax_1E6dYbHR00" width="600" height="900" ></figure>Mandy Leesch likes to joke that she ran away to cruise ships after college.From Fayetteville, Leesch received a journalism degree from the University of Arkansas in 2012, then worked on cruise ships for four years, traveling to five continents and 30 countries, completing 18 VIP luxury sea cruises and managing an international staff and millions of dollars in inventory.Wanting to change industries, she moved to Denver in 2017 to get her MBA at Johnson &amp; Wales University. To fund her education, she took an admin job with Service First Permits, a construction management permit service, and found a new career. Asked to do project management, she managed the construction of the American Express lounge at Denver International Airport, and “realized how much of the world of commercial real estate and development was my fit.”Wanting to be back in Arkansas, in 2020, she became senior permitter for Benchmark, where she launched a new revenue stream, bringing in multiple national retail accounts, and growing from projects in three states to 19.In 2025 a role was created for her at Bowman where she’s the client relationship lead, working with a team of engineers to provide engineering design for national retailers.“I tend to be somebody who comes in, fixes problems, creates new ways of working and then my next role tends to naturally evolve,” she said. “I create my own opportunity. This is my third firm in the industry, and this is the third time a role is being created for me.”On the founding board of Northwest Arkansas’ chapter of global organization CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), Leesch is president of the local chapter, which has 100 members.Leesch is an outdoor enthusiast and practices yoga.</div></body>

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Mandy Leesch likes to joke that she ran away to cruise ships after college. From Fayetteville, Leesch received a journalism degree from the University of Arkansas in 2012, then worked on cruise ships for four years, traveling to five continents and 30 countries, completing 18 VIP luxury sea cruises and managing an international staff and millions of dollars in inventory.

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