Leslie Menichini:
CLASS OF 1975
James Madison Memorial High SchoolClass of 1975
Madison, WI
Leslie's Story
Life
Most of you know me as Leslie Troia, my married name of 16 years is Leslie Menichini. I have a wonderful Italian husband! Go figure! I have two wonderful sons 33 and 35 and a beautiful daughter in law Pamela and my puppy puppy callaway.
I have spent the last 35 plus years in the Hospitality Industry specializing in Sales and Marketing. Responsible for my fifth major Resort opening in Orlandio Florida as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. I live in Orlando Florida and love it here. My career has taken me all over the world but my favorites are Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Orlando.
My mother and siblings still live in the Madison, Verona and the Middleton area. One brother lives in Florida as well.
My free time when not working on community proojects I am searching for a kidney for my wonderful husband! Blood Type A accepting O's and A's potenial live donors are out there! God Bless
School
I will never tell you who my biggest crush was on - he knows!
Inspired by - Bruce Dahmen was my hero and Mr. Bolovski??? SP
Happiest moment - graduating
Funniest Moment - telling the class my pregnant dog had not really delvered her puppies as originally thought but she mothered and nest five baby mice....remember Ralph?
Happiest was being free spirited and fearless and enjoying my fellow classmates and my nearest and dearest friends.
Workplace
I went from my fatherÃÂs restaurant business in tandem with JC Penney's catalog dept, to being chased around the Richmond Brothers clothing store tie rack by my boss at closing ...Expand for more
time. Then on to more Restaurant management in tandem with becoming a researcher for Milwaukee Mortgage Company.
Finally I got my first break in Minneapolis opening a Radisson Hotel as food and beverage manager. Restaurant business begins to pay off. Two years later I was offered a job with Westin Hotels & Resorts in Tulsa OK, being promoted to Catering, then on to convention service and then Assistant Director of Sales. They promoted me again and transferred me to Palm Springs California as the Director of Sales for the pre opening team of a beautiful golf resort. After five years and a divorce Starwood then Sheraton offered me a position as the Associate Director of Sales in Orlando Florida at a 1500 room resort-specializing in Automotive and Incentive group sales. Thus allowing me traveling in Europe and other wonderful parts of the world. I enjoyed that run for over 7 years when my boss then took on a huge five hotel project in Las Vegas. You guessed it off I went as his Director of Sales and Marketing assisting in the opening of Paris Las Vegas amongst four other key LV hotels, when I was offered a new position to spearhead a new 1500 room golf resort back in Orlando Florida I was delighted and went back to Orlando which brings me today as the ice President of Sales & Marketing for Rosen Hotels & Resorts and oerseeing the Shingle Creek Resort pre and post opening in the fall of 2006. I have been here for eight years as part of the Design committee it has been wonderful so far and can only get better!
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