Kansas City Plant’s General Counsel Therese LeBlanc was recognized recently by KC Business magazine as a Rising Star, one of the best and brightest young leaders in the Kansas City business community.

LeBlanc was among 44 professionals under the age of 40 who were featured in the February 2010 issue of the magazine and honored at a reception in Kansas City on February 18.

LeBlanc is a key member of Honeywell FM&T’s senior leadership team. She is instrumental in managing and avoiding litigation, ensuring compliance with the prime contract, complying with export control guidelines, and supporting business development.

She was praised for her vision and her behaviors, and for ensuring that the contractor is a valued and strategic partner with the NNSA.

Before joining the law and contracts department in 2002, LeBlanc was a judicial law clerk in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. She was also a senior auditor at Price Waterhouse. She received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law Review. She is a member of the American Bar Association and Missouri Bar Association. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.