I was delighted when someone pointed me toward Leslie Linfield's web site yesterday. I had the great pleasure of meeting Leslie a few years ago, and she's a real hoot. Smart, savvy, funny--
Let me break in with a quick Leslie Linfield story (I hope she won't mind). We were on a shuttle bus heading toward Mount Rushmore (we were in South Dakota for a conference, and joined a tour group to the monument) when we drove by a Catholic church. A group of young boys were running around in the lawn of the chuch, playing soccer or something, when Leslie rolls down the window and screams "Run! It's a trap!" I think a couple of catholics on the bus weren't amused, but I laughed about that for 20 minutes. I still grin every time I think about it.
So anyway, Leslie has her own Institute for Financial Literacy in Maine. And, I've just discovered, a great website full of resources. I suppose her book is a direct competitor with mine, but I don't mind pointing my blog readers in her direction.
I expect Leslie to be a big player when BK Reform passes and financial literacy education is required for all bk filers, and she writes columns for the American Bankruptcy Institute. In an article she has on her site, I think she hits on a major emerging issue in credit counseling.
Dovetailing from our earlier discussion of credit counseling trade organizations, she floats the idea that NFCC and AICCCA could merge into a Self Regulatory Organization to provide credit counseling industry oversight. It seems the NFCC has this idea itself lately, as it's becoming more and more involved in overseeing its members as opposed to serving them (I'm not judging that one way or another; it's just an observation). But that's an entirely separate discussion.
Anyway, by all means check out Leslie's site. And if you ever get the opportunity to meet her, don't pass it up. She's an absolute delight.
ever ask her about the Black key Club ? you may want to.....
Posted by: joe | August 03, 2005 at 07:46 PM
truth be known.. i think that is the coolest thing about her
Posted by: joe | August 03, 2005 at 07:49 PM
The Institute for Financial Literacy is just a sham.The conselors know NOTHING about the area they are trying to counsle in.
Posted by: Jason | December 01, 2005 at 07:43 AM
Leslie Moore-Linfield
Who would have thought that the burnt-out, busted-up mill town of Woonsocket would become the latest destination for swinging sex parties? It was revealed that something called "The Black Key Club," a private swingers group, was operating out of a house zoned for residential use only on Park Avenue. House mama Leslie Moore-Linfield, a member of the Killingly, Connecticut, school board until her recent resignation "for personal reasons," was apparently running the joint under the guise of a "bed and breakfast." Apparently there was a lot more bed than breakfast going on here.
Some Woonsocketites were alerted to the existence of the swingers club by the number of out-of-state cars in a nearby parking lot and the strange appearance of green and blue lights emanating from the house during the wee hours. It seems that the "dyna-mites" being served up at the Black Key were a different type of Sloppy Joe than what the locals are used to.
Posted by: Joe | December 15, 2005 at 01:27 PM
what a loser. Leslie Linfield has been fired from every job she has ever had because she is a pathetic liar and alienates everyone around her. Her organization is a sham. She tells people that she was a banker-not true. She tells everyone that she practiced law-not true. She tells everyone that she is a public speaker-not true. She tells people that she is a credit counselor-not true.
Posted by: mac donald | December 31, 2007 at 08:10 AM
Leslie is an egomaniac and if you get too close to her, let her have the upper hand in any way in your friendship, she'll suck you right under. Stay far away from this one.
Posted by: Lily | July 22, 2009 at 09:08 PM
Leslie Moore Linfield is the biggest phony to ever come along. The comment from mac donald is right on. She has actually been fired from every job she ever had. She has failed the bar exam many times and even purported to be an international attorney when she was hired by Norwich University. They found out she lied and she was fired. As a manager she defines the term "bully boss" to perfection. This also cost her jobs.
Posted by: Flash | July 24, 2009 at 02:16 PM
I know more about Leslie Linfield than I care to. This woman is a user and abuser. She is evil incarnate. She preys on the weak and will take control of you. Everything she does is to make easy money, like the Black Key Club. It is not interesting that a mom of 3 ran a swingers club, pretended to be practicing law and was on the School Board. To this day I am haunted by her one time presence in my life. Good Riddence!
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 17, 2009 at 09:41 AM
I had the pleasure of dealing with that idiotic bimbo several years ago. She was fired from her job as a clerk in the CT courts because she decided that her parking space was not close enough to the door for her liking. Accordingly, she decided to use the presiding judge's spot. When asked to move, she told the judge to f--- off. That was her last day.
She makes a good first impression but beyond that she is as shallow as a mirage and proves conclusively that while beauty may be only skin deep, ugly goes strait to the bone.
Posted by: Vincent | August 20, 2009 at 07:15 AM