Biography

Lezlee Westine has more than three decades of executive leadership experience dealing with policymakers, thought leaders and leading executives at the highest levels of government and global commerce.    
 
She is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer with the Personal Care Products Council, a leading trade association representing a $60 billion U.S. industry, where she has successfully shaped legislative, regulatory, science, health, environmental and public relations efforts on the largest issues impacting the industry.    
 
Before joining PCPC, Westine served as President and CEO of TechNet, serving as one of the country’s most prominent spokespersons for innovation and the high-tech industry. She grew TechNet into a recognized advocacy leader for the technology space with Presidential Administrations, Congress, federal regulators, Governors, and other state-level policymakers at a critical juncture of increased cyber-awareness and regulatory uncertainty. Her work successfully drove the political and policy strategy behind the enactment of key legislative initiatives and made the association a key political partner of government officials.   
 
From January 2001 to May 2005, Westine served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the office of Public Liaison at the White House, managing all White House outreach and coalition development. Westine previously served as Director of Governor Pete Wilson’s Northern California office for five years. She received her B.S. from the University of Florida, an M.B.A. from UCLA, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School, and was a visiting instructor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.   
 
Westine is a dedicated community leader and has served as a mentor for the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., being recognized with their “LEAD Impact Award,” and founded the FEARLESS Women program with the Boys & Girls Club. She has also been named among the most influential business leaders by Washingtonian Magazine in 2021 and in 2022. Westine served as a Presidential appointee on the U.S. Commission on Public Diplomacy for a decade and is a member of California and the District of Columbia bar associations.