Lee Auto Malls is pleased to announce that Leeann Leahy, the Chief Executive Officer of VIA, has accepted an invitation to join its Board of Directors.
“We are very excited to have Leeann join our board,” said Chairman Adam Lee. “VIA has a worldwide reputation for creativity and unique marketing, and we look forward to her input as Lee Auto Malls continues to prosper in Maine.”
VIA is an independent agency in Portland, Maine, with national clients like ARM & HAMMER, Perdue, Chick-fil-A, and Unilever. Leahy joined VIA as President in 2012 and became CEO in 2015, and VIA has since been named Ad Age Small Agency of the Year in 2019 and Agency to Watch in 2020, as well as posting double-digit growth 2016-2019.
"I am honored to join the great minds of the board of Lee Auto Malls,” Leahy said. “Not only is the company run on values that align with my own, but it is one that provides mobility to thousands of Mainers and that is an important contribution to our community.”
Prior to VIA, Leahy served as President of the NYC-based agency Translation and spent nine years at Lowe Worldwide as Global Planning Director and Chief Strategy Officer. She has worked with a variety of blue-chip clients, including Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, AT&T, the NFL, JPMorgan Chase, Estée Lauder, and Procter & Gamble.
Lee Auto Malls has a well-respected and active Board of Directors that meets quarterly to review and advise the company’s leadership team on a wide range of business-related issues. The current board is comprised of professionals with a variety of business, education, finance, and public service backgrounds.