Jacksonville, Florida native, Leila Sabet, is a Cum Laude graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies. Her dedication to academic excellence earned her a spot on the Deans List throughout her four years at FSU. She was a recipient of numerous scholarships including the VIRES (Strength) Torchbearer Scholarship, Bright Futures Scholarship, Sue Pendarvis McKinney Senior Scholarship, The Alumni Panhellenic of Tallahassee Outstanding Leadership Scholarship, Top 100 Freshman at FSU, and First Coast Women’s Club Volunteer of the Year Scholarship.  

Leila competes within the Miss America Organization, the largest provider of scholarships for women nationwide, where she earned scholarships as Miss Northeast Florida 2014, Miss Ponte Vedra 2015, Miss Tallahasse 2018, including scholarships for Top 5 at Miss Florida 2018, Miss Florida 2018 Lifestyle & Fitness Preliminary Swimsuit Award,  Leave a Legacy Award, Most Ads Sold, and Most Viewers on Livestream (Miss FL 2018).

In June 2020, the Miss Florida Organization made history by conducting the first Virtual Local Pageant Competition ever. Leila took part and was crowned Miss Florida Citrus 2020, where she has the opportunity to advocate for the Florida Citrus Industry and network with experts in the field of farming and agriculture. Leila partnered with the Florida Department of Agriculture to launch the Florida Citrus Squeeze program, which is a virtual school tour where she presents to Elementary and Middle School students about the importance of Florida's Citrus Industry and building habits at a young age to live a healthy lifestyle. To date, Leila has presented her Citrus Squeeze presentation to more than 300 students.

Citrus Squeeze presentation with DeSoto Trail Elementary School and The Department of Agriculture of Florida.

In addition, Leila serves as a Real Talk Ambassador for Advanced Recovery Systems, where she initiates open and honest conversations about drug and alcohol abuse with high school and college students. Through small group assemblies at schools and colleges, Leila encourages students to ask questions about substance abuse, share their experiences without guilt or fear, and embrace healthy habits for their futures. To book a Real Talk Presentation with Leila, click HERE!

Leila and George Hamner Jr. taking a walk through the orange groves in Vero Beach, FL to learn about Citrus Greening and tour the citrus packing house.

Leadership defined Leila’s impact and legacy at Florida State University; serving as Iota Chapter President of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority 2018, Executive Vice President 2017, and Community Service Chair 2016. Leila grew her chapter and invested in the development and involvement of the 17 chapters of the Panhellenic community members, earning her Panhellenic Chapter President of the Year 2018, and the Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award, the highest honor given to a collegian for leadership within the ADPi Organization.  She also served as a Peer Leader for Emerging Leaders, Vice President of Garnet and Gold Key Leadership Honor Society, served on the Executive Board of the FSU Office of Servant Leadership, was Captain of the ADPi Line Dance Team, was accepted to the Freshman Leadership Insitute, and was an Ambassador of the FSU Mental Health Council. She was inducted into the FSU Senior Hall of Fame, was chosen for FSU Homecoming Court 2018, was awarded the John C. Dalton Servant Leader of the Year Award recognizing her commitment to community service,  was the recipient of the Mores (Character) Torch Award by Garnet and Gold Key Honorarium,  received The Ronald Regan Student Leader Award, the President’s Volunteer Service Award 2014 and 2017, and was inducted into the Order of the Omega Greek Honor Society.

Florida State University faculty selected Leila to be named Panhellenic Association Chapter President of the Year in recognition for her outstanding contribution to the Greek Community.

Leila was recently nominated to be featured in The KNOW Women - Tampa Bay (VOL III), which is an annual publication that features the 100 highest achieving female leaders in Tampa Bay who you need to KNOW and do business with. These women are entrepreneurs and creators who actively lead, collaborate, and give back in the community. The KNOW Women community has been recognized by Forbes, The Wallstreet Journal, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, and Thrive Global.  In addition to being a KNOW Woman featuree, Leila was selected to be in the Top 25 Under 25 for Savvy Girl Magazine. She also received the most votes, earning her the gig as the Top 25 Under 25 Cover Girl! You can read Leila's Cover Girl feature HERE!

Service has made a huge impact on Leila from a young age when the Jacksonville Humane Society burned down. She saw this on the local news and even though she was in the third grade, she engaged others to collect money to rebuild. This began more than 3,700 hours to date serving her community through Children’s Miracle Network, American Heart Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities, ALS Association, American Cancer Society,  Parkinson’s Foundation, DOSA Catholic Charities Jacksonville - Camp I Am Special, Dreams Come True, Who We Play For, Grace Mission, Med Life Medical Missions, USO, the Omid Foundation, and Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Organization.

Currently, Leila is an active member of United Nations Advocacy, USA and has lobbied *virtually* for congressional support of UN Women. She works closely with the Girl Up Campaign (Orlando Chapter), which is the United Nations Foundation's adolescent girl campaign that helps girls tap into their inner power to advance the skills, rights, and opportunities for girls everywhere. Leila partners with a community of advocates in efforts help the hardest to reach girls living in places where it is hardest to be a girl. Leila was also accepted to be on the Board Of Directors for Girls Inc of Pinellas County, which provides hundreds of girls in Pinellas County with life-changing experiences and solutions to the unique challenges girls face. Girls Inc meets these challenges by helping girls explore and celebrate their strengths and their voices, and equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. The Girls Inc team works to build confidence in young girls, empowering them to embrace positive decision-making to take charge of their health, achieve academic, personal and career goals.

Leila in her Amazon Operations vest and Miss America Organization crown!

During her senior year at FSU (2018), Leila was offered a position in management with the fastest growing corporation in the world. Her current career is with Amazon TPA1 as a Manager in Operations, where her work includes developing practical solutions and efficiency methods with the outbound operations team. She is responsible for managing and coaching a team of more than 100 associates working in multiple process paths. Her focus is coaching her associates to exceed both productivity and quality team goals, while creating initiatives to motivate associates and improve their work experience as a whole. She creates and executes productivity plans daily by determining productivity requirements and by partnering with the Outbound Area Management Team to balance labor in the fulfillment center. ​

Leila on her first day at Amazon Fulfillment (TPA1). Fun fact: She worked night-shift during her first year employed with Amazon!

In July 2020, Leila was promoted to step into a Support Team role as the Learning Manager for TPA1. The General Manager and Senior Leadership team at TPA1 Fulfillment Center trusted her to lead the onboarding process for a record number of Associates being hired (6000+ Associates, and 50+ Managers); which is more Amazonians onboarded in 2020 than in the last 2 years combined. Leila leaped at the opportunity for growth and to be a leader during a time where thousands of these Associates lost their previous job due to the Covid19 Pandemic.

Leila bridged a partnership between TPA1 and Dress For Success of Tampa Bay.

As the Learning Manager for TPA1, Leila owned all Associate and Leader training programs - from the needs analysis stage, to management and execution of training. She worked closely with stakeholders in the Southeast Region to roll out new Operations processes, in addition to identifying Leader development needs. In this role, Leila drove 17+ Best Practices that were adopted by all sites in Amazon's South East Region and saved TPA1 more than $47,663 with a project she led. She also took on action to identify gaps in existing learning content and work with network teams to innovate, feeding back needs, and participating in creation and testing of content. Leila was the Point of Contact on all site projects to improve the design of training materials, the quality of our instruction, and effectiveness of Amazon coaching interventions.

Leila pictured in front of the Learning Department at TPA1 - Amazon Fulfillment Center.

In March of 2021, Leila was promoted for the 3rd time in 2.5 years, as the youngest "Level 6 Operations Manager" at her site, TPA1. In this role, she runs the Logistics-side of the Outbound part of her Fulfillment Center, which is the size of 28 football fields! As an Operations Manager it is up to Leila to motivate and mentor a team of Area Managers in the Outbound part of the Operation, drive Amazon's protocols to analyze workflows, review the volume forecasts, and plan shift execution that meets Outbound Operations shift goals. Outside of leading her team, Leila utilizes her Six Sigma Green Belt certification to spearhead projects in process engineering alongside majority stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in the Operation.

Leila on the day she signed her L6 Operations Manager offer at TPA1.