About Us
Debra L. Lee
With 20 years of service on seven different boards in various industries and spending 13 years as the Chairman & CEO of BET Networks, Debra is a much sought after senior advisor and inspiring speaker. Recognized by the Wall Street Journal for "show[ing] women how to run the world - with inspiration from Beyonce, and Founder of Leading Women Defined, Debra wants to help other women find their thrones.
Debra Lee
- Corporate Experience: CEO & Chairman, BET Networks
- Leadership Development Experience: Founder, Leading Women Defined
- Current Public Company Boards: Warner Bros. Discovery, Burberry, Marriott, Procter & Gamble
- Prior Public Company Boards: AT&T, Genuity, Revlon, Twitter, Washington Gas Light Co, WGL Holdings
- Not-for-Profit Board Experience: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Brown University (Trustee), The American Film Institute, The Paley Center for Media
- Education: JD, Harvard Law School; MPP, Harvard Kennedy School; BA, Brown University