Master of public health/mistress of public humor, Leigh Anne is a stress management and humor expert who helps people manage stress, embrace change, and become healthier by learning to lighten up. She speaks at 50-60 conferences and workshops every year and is a member of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). She is the author of sixteen books, including the brand new How'd All These Ping Pong Balls Get It My Bag!?, The Stressed-Out Woman's Guide to Letting Go with Laughter, as well as Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause, and Bedtime Stories for Dogs.  She is the 2003 winner of the national Erma Bombeck Humor Writing Award for her true story on how her first mammogram caught on fire. She teaches comedy writing as a life skill at Lane Community College, runs a comedy troupe, is a humor columnist for the Eugene Register Guard, and is the former host of Women Under the Influence of Laughter, on KOPT 1600 AM in Eugene, OR. In her spare time she tries to tries to remember where she parked.