Leslie A. Dach

Who is Leslie A. Dach?

Leslie Dach is Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Government Relations for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is responsible for reputation management, public affairs, corporate communications, marketing public relations, the Wal-Mart Foundation, government relations, and sustainability.Before joining Wal-Mart, Leslie was Vice Chairman of Edelman, a major global communications firm, where he led the Washington D.C. office, the companys research, advertising, and corporate social responsibility consulting divisions and its global public affairs, crisis, technology, and healthcare practices.Leslie has been active as a strategist in Democratic politics and worked in senior positions in a number of presidential campaigns, including as a senior advisor for communications for the Democratic National Committee in 2004 and managing the program at the 2000 Democratic Convention. He served the Clinton administration in a variety of project capacities, including special advisor to the National Security Advisor during the Kosovo conflict. Leslie was also a lobbyist for the National Audubon Society and Environmental Defense, and the special assistant to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee.Leslie has a bachelors degree in biology from Yale University and a masters in public administration from Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of the World Resources Institute.