Leslie Moe-Kaiser is State Farm’s Corporate Relations Manager for national Asian American Pacific Islander organizations. As a financial services provider and the nation’s leading auto insurer, State Farm® is committed to building strong communities through auto and home safety programs, youth leadership programs, community revitalization programs, and financial education.
Leslie serves on the National Advisory Council of the Asian American Justice Center, Washington, D.C., Business Advisory Council of OCA, Washington, D.C.; the Advisory Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, and the Board of the Center for Asian Pacific American Women. She is a 2003 National Fellow of the Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute, and listed in Who’s Who in the Humanities, 1992-93.
Her first career was a college professor specializing in Asian Art History and Asian Philosophies. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration of Higher Education from Illinois State University. Her M.Ph. and M.A. are in Asian Art History from University of Kansas; her B.B.A. in Accounting from University of Hawaii. She did post-graduate studies at Sophia University in Tokyo and has conducted research in Japan, Taiwan, and China. Active in the community, she is a founding Board member of the OCA-Central Illinois Chapter, a founding member of the Asian Women's Alliance in Peoria, and serves on the OSF Hospitals Women's Health Advisory Board in Peoria. She previously served on the Board of the Mental Health Association of Illinois Valley. Leslie was raised on both U.S. coasts, Hawaii, Japan, and Taiwan. She is a USPTA certified tennis pro.
