Leslie K. Klenk
Leslie K. Klenk, a PGA Director and Chief Compliance Officer, administers the firm’s compliance activities and supports the client relationship management and operations teams. Leslie earned a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia in 1986 and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1993.
Prior to joining PGA in 2016, Leslie was Of Counsel at Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson in Portland, ME from 2009-2015 and focused on securities-related legal matters. From 2006-2009, she was a Director at Foreside Compliance Services in Portland, ME and provided Chief Compliance Officer services to various mutual funds. From 1998-2006, she was a Senior Vice President and in-house counsel at Citi Global Transaction Services in Portland, ME and provided legal advice to the administration, fund accounting and transfer agency business lines. Before that, she was a Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Smith Barney, Inc. in New York City from 1993-1998.