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Leslie has almost 30 years of dynamic experience in commercial real estate, as both a buyer and a seller. She has worked as a Business Development Of?cer in specialty areas such as environmentally challenged sites and new construction for several regional and national companies. Leslie has fashioned her career in the real estate services industry since graduating from The Ohio State University, buying her ?rst commercial investment property in 1993, and continuing to be an active real estate investor today. In October 2010, Leslie successfully completed the Certi?ed Commercial Investment Member education program through the CCIM Institute in Chicago, in just 13 months. Leslie was the Ohio CCIM Chapter President in 2018 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors today. Ms. Biskner opened the Central Ohio of?ce of CBS in October 2006.

She is a past National Delegate and a past President of the Columbus Commercial Real Estate Women, and in past years,she was awarded by her CREW peers as “Networker of the Year,” and has also received the “CREW Deal of the Year Award. ”She is an Associate Member of the Columbus Commercial Industrial Investment Realtors (CCIIR), and is an active member in the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce and a past Westerville Chairman’s Award Honoree. In August of 2020, the Chamber honored Leslie with the Involved Member of the Month award. She received the SBA 504 “Lender of the Year” award by the Ohio Statewide Development Corporation (OSDC). Leslie was also awarded Genoa Township Business Association’s “Business Person of the Year”. She taught a SBA 504 Lending CE Course for the Columbus REALTORS, and was a speaker for the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) Columbus Forecast Event. In 2020, Leslie was selected by the CCIM Institute to participate in the revered JWL Leadership Academy with 22 other students around the U.S and successfully graduated in the summer of 2021. Leslie was a speaker at the GlobeSt. ELITE Women of Influence (WOI) Conference in Lake Tahoe, California. Leslie served as the 2023 Regional Vice President (RVP) for CCIM Region 7 (encompassing IL, WI, IN, MI, OH, KY and St. Louis). In 2023, she was appointed to serve on the CCIM National Networking Subcommittee and the Regional Activities Subcommittee for Region 7, and in the fall, served as a Chair for a CCIM Presidential Advisory Group (PAG). In 2024 she was appointed as the Vice-Chair of the CCIM Marketing Committee.

Cooperative Business Services, LLC provides commercial loan ?nancing in partnership with nearly 140 credit unions. As Executive Vice President, Leslie is responsible for building relationships and commercial real estate loan originations in Central Ohio and beyond.