Leslie Collin is a contributor to Grit Daily. She is VP of People and Culture at Unbounce, where she leads people strategies, social impact, D&I initiatives, and workplace culture. As a member of the company’s executive team since 2014, Leslie has navigated the challenges of Unbounce’s rapid growth, seeing the business scale from 40 employees to nearly 200 across Canada and into Europe, with an eye to a further 100 employees or so in the coming year. Committed to championing diversity and inclusion across Canada’s technology sector, Leslie was pivotal in Unbounce’s workforce reaching gender parity in 2019 after taking the Minerva Foundation pledge three years earlier. In 2018, Leslie was a finalist for YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award due in part to her support for the empowerment and advancement of women leaders and people-first organizational best practices.