Leslie Nulty

Principal and owner,
Focal Point Advisory Services, and consultant to ValleyNet

Ms. Nulty is the principal of Focal Point Advisory Services, a financial and strategic consultancy for small businesses, and a consultant to the Vermont nonprofit ValleyNet. Valleynet provides planning and operational services to ECFiber, a joint venture of 23 Vermont towns building an FTTH network.

She has more than 30 years experience as a business and financial analyst, much of that on behalf of large labor unions where, inter alia, she supported contract negotiations, arbitrations, bankruptcy reorganizations, etc.

From 1999 to 2004 she was the General Manager of a 100-employee company, Hunger Mountain Natural Foods Co-op in Montpelier, Vermont.

From 1994-1997 she served as Controller and General Administrative Officer of Central European Telecom Investments, a venture capital investment and operating fund.

Ms. Nulty is a Board Member and Treasurer of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Burlington, VT. She holds a M.Sc. in Economics from Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.