Founder & Owner

Leslie Short, known for her devotion to her clients and perfection in everything she lends her name to, has been dedicated to developing and implementing effective curated experiences, event design, and production. Leslie is a strategic marketer who has achieved results for over 20 years. She has helped with International product launches and transformed and developed images of individuals, brands, and organizations.

Leslie is the CEO and President of K.I.M. Media LLC®, a multi-media agency founded in 2000 that focuses on Marketing, Branding, and Events for individuals, non-profits, and corporations. Both Design by K.I.M Media are focused on enhancing your environmental living space, as well as bringing new breath into your events through unique floral arrangements and décor and K.I.M Weddings focused on Branding a couple’s wedding through design and their personalities are divisions under K.I.M. Media LLC.

Leslie Short is also the Founder and CEO of The Cavu Group where she advises Corporate, Not-for-profit, and Culture & Brand DEI and Accessibility on strategies to facilitate and create new solutions to old and new issues. Her talents and skills are uniquely designed to seek growth through open conversations, conflict coaching, training/sessions, and workshops. She firmly believes that issues don’t go away because programs are in place but by continually evolving and having a channel to listen and understand the people who are our greatest assets. 

Leslie began her career as a classical ballet dancer at the age of 7 turning professional at 12 she expanded her career in Paris and then lived in Europe for over 10 years and Asia for three. She was the Creator & and CEO of the first-of-its-kind entertainment business in Japan rated the best business of Japan in 1994 before spending the next stage of her career leading the production of television, media, entertainment, and fashion. 

Leslie has been developing multi-cultural/mosaic business innovation models and ecosystems that thrive throughout her career, In addition to being an active leader in New York's business community she is an award-winning speaker and has been recognized for her achievements by various organizations. In 2003, she was honored by Ebony as an Outstanding Woman in Marketing & Communications, and by Today’s Black Woman Magazine with the Today’s Black Woman & New Day Associates Award. Leslie was selected as a” Woman of Influence by the New York Business Journal for 2016, and she is a member of the North American Advisory Board for the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Council. Leslie also authored a chapter of Inside the Minds: Marketing Benchmarks for Success, with Aspatore Books, and contributed her insights to the college textbook, Marketing, 9th Edition and Marketing: The Core 3rd Edition. Forbes.com Black Women To Watch 2019 & 2020, The 2022 Impact Power 50 of Pennsylvania. 2023 NASA Astrophysics database of IDEA practitioners.

News Contributor: Leslie is also a News contributor as a Culture & Brand- Diversity & Inclusion Expert.

Leslie Facilitates Panels. and Workshops she is available for Speaking engagements. 

Leslie is the author of Expand Beyond Your Current Culture: Diversity & Inclusion for CEOS & Leadership

Author: Expand Beyond Your Current Culture: Diversity & Inclusion for CEOS & Leadership- :https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947540130/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_imm_awdb_.MXUFbBTXZ6B2