Wedding Director
As a wedding director, Leslie Ballew works with the Chapel Wedding team in a variety of roles to ensure the joyous occasion of each couple’s wedding is handled with care and love. She brings to the role her chaplain background enabling her to be a non-anxious presence for each family. She also greets and assists visitors to the Chapel when working as a visitor relations assistant.
Ballew previously served at the Chapel as the intern for community engagement and religious life, when she was a student a Duke Divinity School. She graduated from Duke Divinity in 2023 with a master of divinity degree along with certificates in healthcare theology and Wesleyan theology. Before coming to Duke, she served in a variety of ministry contexts through the Methodist Church. She is an alumnus of Young Harris College in North Georgia where she received her bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies focusing on the intersections of economics, human communication, and religious studies.