SISD Board Member Profile for Charles Leslie, Jr.
2009-2010

Rev. Charles R. Leslie, Jr.
Sherman School Board Member

Charles Leslie is presently an Enrollment Advisor at Grayson County College, where he is responsible for the college’s African American Recruitment Program.

After his honorable discharge from the Air Force in April 1977, Charles worked on the Alaskan pipeline until he made the decision to pursue his Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Education and Pastoral Ministries from Alaska Bible College. He then entered Dallas Theological Seminary where he received his Master’s Degree Bible Exposition and Urban Studies.

Raised in Philadelphia, PA, Charles moved to Sherman Texas in 1999 with his wife Wanda and their two children - son Charles III (17) and daughter Taylor Nicole (15). Charles is also currently the pastor of Community Baptist Church.

Charles volunteers in many areas of the local community:

• Served on the SISD Community Taskforce
• VP of the Sherman Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
• The Educational Chair for the NAACP
• Member of the Al Hambrick All-Star Basketball Foundation

His free time is spent fishing, traveling, kite flying, painting, golfing, experiencing cultures, training/teaching/speaking.