This story is a conversation with Leslie Manookian, whom I had the joy of interviewing the other day.
Leslie is … just wow. I am so taken by her courage. She is such a lioness. You know how sometimes you meet a human being, and their spirit is just so beautiful that you don’t have any words, and all you know is marvel at their beauty, and feel love and awe? This is how I feel as I am typing this. What a heart.
Now, remember when the airline mask mandate was struck down last year? Remember the videos of people singing and dancing and celebrating being able to fly mask-free?
For that, we can thank Leslie and her victorious lawsuit—one of many lawsuits that her organization had filed since 2020. Even the hit piece that Bloomberg Magazine did on Leslie in 2022 acknowledged that.
Leslie is a stunning human being who is not afraid to put her actions where her mouth is. Years ago, she walked away from a star career as a very successful Wall Street executive—and from “many millions of dolla…
