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Dr. Leslie C. Leonard, Associate Director for Workforce Development for the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), oversees initiatives that provide the current and future science and engineering workforce opportunities to build HPC skills. Dr. Leonard’s career spans 17 years in research and development for the ERDC. Prior to her current position, she was temporarily assigned to the ERDC Strategic Integration Office (SIO) as a Strategic Integration Officer. In this role, she assisted in the synthesis, integration, and dissemination of information across the ERDC and the geographically distributed SIOs, which includes ERDC's Liaison Officers to external organizations. Prior to that, she served as the Cybersecurity Research Lead for the HPCMP Security Team and Code IV Supervisor for the Cybersecurity Engineering and Analysis Branch (CEAB). Dr. Leonard led cybersecurity R&D for new technologies, tools, and techniques that enable the HPCMP to defend, mitigate, and secure five Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers (DSRCs) and the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN). She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park, MD and her MS and BS in Computer Science from Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.