Chief Financial Officer, Staff

Leah Poole joined the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley in July 2016 and oversees all financial operations. She is a Certified Public Accountant, and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Georgia Society of CPAs. She came to the Community Foundation from Carmike Cinemas where she was serving as director of SEC reporting and mergers & acquisitions. Leah received her MBA from the University of Florida specializing in competitive strategy and finance, and her BBA in Accounting from CSU’s Abbott Turner College of Business.

Leah is originally from Springfield, Illinois, and moved to Columbus in 2000. She is a member of the Finance, Administration & Operations Group for Community Foundations where she currently serves on the Accounting Practices Committee, a graduate of Leadership Columbus, and former Chair of United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council. She and her husband, Jim, have twin daughters.

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