Leeann Leahy

Leeann Leahy is the Chief Executive Officer of The VIA Agency, a 2019 Ad Age Small Agency of the Year based in Portland, Maine, with national clients including ARM & HAMMER, Perdue, L.L.Bean, Fidelity, and Lowe’s. Leeann joined VIA as President in 2012 and took over as CEO in 2015, bringing more than 20 years of experience in planning, agency management, and integrated marketing. Since she became CEO, VIA has been on an impressive growth curve, with the years 2016-2018 all posting double-digit growth. During that same period, VIA has been named the Best Place to Work by both Inc. and Ad Age.

Prior to VIA, Leeann served as President of the NYC-based agency Translation. She spent nine years at Lowe Worldwide, first as Global Planning Director and then as Chief Strategy Officer. She has also held a variety of strategic planning roles at Margeotes Fertitta + Partners, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Kirshenbaum Bond. She was named one of Ad Age’s Women to Watch in 2013.

Leeann is a graduate of College of the Holy Cross, earning her bachelor’s in political science and government. Today she lives in Yarmouth, Maine, with her husband and three kids in a restored shipmaster’s house. In her spare time, she serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater Portland and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Portland Museum of Art.