Travel Consultant, L&S Travel (formally with Holocaust Museum & Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion)
Bucknell Majors: History, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Haley (Stodart) Lesnevich is a Travel Consultant for the luxury travel company, L+S Travel. Her primary position is with the Groups Department and European division, where she focuses on creating seamless and exciting journeys across the globe for corporate groups, families, couples, and solo travelers. Prior to this position, Haley served as the Associate Director of Education for the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum in St. Louis, MO from 2022-2024. Additionally, she served as the Curator of Education & Public Engagement for Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion and the Sallie Ellis Davis House in Milledgeville, GA from 2019-2022. During this time, she also earned her Master’s Degree in Public History (and a certificate in Museum Studies) through the University of West Georgia in 2022. She has experience in curating educational curriculum, facilitating school and community group visits/engagements, planning special events, training volunteer docents, and overseeing visitor services teams. Haley currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband, Nathan (also a Bucknell Class of ‘19 graduate) and their dog, Winnie.
How has having a major in the Humanities at Bucknell influenced your career path and experiences?
The humanities encouraged me to take classes within/out my majors to learn through diverse perspectives and gain comprehensive knowledge. This was critical to my career, as it allowed me to develop critical thinking skills, a flexible mindset, and interpersonal relationships with individuals across fields. My History and Classics majors helped hone my background knowledge, but the Education/Sociology courses I took helped foster an understanding of how to present said knowledge to broader audiences. Additionally, my Classics major took me on my Study Abroad program in Greece, which allowed me to witness international museum practices (used within my former career path) and travel techniques (which became crucial in my current work). All of these diverse experiences and relationships became a driving force in the advancement and smooth transition of my career journey.