Leslie Hart, a principal of Fry Communications,  is a member of the Kitchen & Bath Industry Hall of Fame and served as editor and publisher of K+BB.

She worked at Meredith Corporation, publishers of Better Homes and Gardens, Country Home, and Traditional Home.   Leslie currently writes the Consumer Insights column for Kitchen & Bath Design News.

Leslie Hart works with O’Reilly/DePalma kitchen and bath clients providing strategy and hands-on execution for consumer PR, the New York design scene, and content planning.   Brands who have benefited from Leslie’s expertise include: Blanco, Sub-Zero, Home Depot, Enkeboll Breeze Dry, Fisher & Paykel, Americh, Altman’s, Gessi, St. Charles of New York, ISSFA, Stone Impressions, Sunrise Specialties.

Leslie and Nora DePalma worked closely together for many years on the K/BIS show and other projects during Nora’s tenure at NKBA and Leslie’s years at K+BB.  In the mid-1990s, Nora, Leslie and Wendy Silverstein collaborated frequently on projects involving the NKBA, American HomeStyle and K+BB.  Wendy and Leslie were co-editors for a quarterly special section that ran in both magazines, called the “NKBA Kitchen & Bath Custom Planner.”

Along with her connections to the New York media and design communities, Leslie Hart is invaluable to O’Reilly/DePalma for her knowledge of the best restaurants in Greenwich Village.