Leslie Akin Houghton is the Accreditation and Preventive Block Grant Manager at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Leslie has been with the State Health Department for over 15 years in various positions at the Division and Department levels. Prior to the State, she worked in the private sector in the Human Resources and Information Technology fields. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University, a Lean Green Belt Certification, a Black Belt certification from Peak Academy, serves as a Lean Champion, and graduated in 2021 with a Master of Arts in Christian Formation and Soul Care at Denver Seminary. She enjoys project management, data analysis and continuous improvement of processes to help an organization be successful. Leslie has resided in Colorado for over 20 years and enjoys music, volunteering, running, hiking, playing co-ed softball and being a wife and mother in her blended family of 6.