Leslie Lynn Smith

President, EPIcenter

Leslie Lynn Smith serves as president of EPIcenter and vice president of Memphis Bioworks Foundation. EPIcenter is a collaborative, community-wide strategic initiative that helps entrepreneurs conceive, launch, and scale businesses in the Memphis region by coordinating resources from the community’s accelerators, incubators, mentors, investors, networking programs and technical assistance programs. Leslie is the former president and CEO of TechTown Detroit, a business accelerator and incubator that provides a powerful connection to a broad network of resources, catalyzing entire communities of entrepreneurs. At TechTown, Leslie led the transformation of Detroit’s economy with innovative business modeling and cutting-edge economic development programs. Previously, ... Read More