About Leed » Bios » Senior Project Coordinators
Helen Dilbeck – Senior Project Coordinator
A Leed team member since 1994, Helen Dilbeck is currently responsible for client account management, cost estimating, and order preparation. She is also a project manager for a broad range of clients, and helps develop, test and implement new procedures.
Helen previously worked in the plastics industry in project management positions and as an outside sales representative for a plastics distributor. She earned an A.S. degree in Computer Programming from Vincennes University.
Helen and her husband David enjoy playing and watching golf, and attending PGA tournaments. In between all the golf activities, they work in a little fishing. They have three grown children and five grandchildren. Helen is also active in community groups and church ministries.
Lee Sandefur – Senior Project Coordinator
Lee Sandefur is responsible for sales and customer service for a wide variety of Leed’s tactile sampling clients – including wallcovering, vinyl, leather and paper wholesalers as well as furniture manufacturers. She is an expert at working with clients and the Leed team to customize sampling programs and deliver high-quality results.
Lee joined Leed in 1983, and was previously the office manager for Foley Law Group in Louisville, Kentucky. She earned her B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of Southern Indiana.
Lee enjoys spending time with her family, including their golden retriever, Molly. She has been involved in helping with kids sports programs for many years, is fond of gardening and also enjoys reading whenever an uncommon quiet moment presents itself.
April Abell – Senior Project Coordinator
April Abell is responsible for managing client accounts, analyzing and handling their needs from order origination through order completion. She develops new client programs and products, manages client satisfaction, and works with Leed’s production, estimating, graphics, accounting and other team members to assist in successful order creation and completion.
April joined Leed in 1987 after college, was promoted to assistant to the president in 1989, and joined the Leed sales team in 1993 as an account manager. She is a graduate of Lockyear Business College in Evansville, Indiana.
April and her husband of 30 years, Michael William, live in Evansville, Indiana. Outside of Leed, she enjoys gardening, bird watching, antiquing, refinishing furniture, and sewing.
Chris Cassidy, Senior Project Coordinator
As an Account Executive, Chris is responsible for the delivery of exceptional customer service while managing projects for a diverse group of clients. Service includes cost estimates, inventory management, project organization, and the communication of client requirements/project status throughout the manufacturing process.
Upon joining the Leed Team, she brought a unique perspective as a customer/user of sales samples produced by Leed while employed as Manager of Customer Service for First Source Furniture Group in Nashville; TN. Prior experience includes managing Customer Service for Masterbrand in Richmond, IN and Store Manager for Elder Beerman Department Stores. A graduate of Indiana University, she earned a BS degree in Business/Marketing.
Chris and her husband, Tom, enjoy boating, travel, and spending time with family and friends.