Debra L. Lee

Debra L. Lee, Esq. is an American businesswoman. She is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET, the parent company for Black Entertainment Television. She is the mother of two. Lee has sat on the board of directors for a number of companiesorganizations, including the National Cable amp Telecommunications Association the Ad Council, and the National Cable Television Association. Debra Lee is named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter due to her many achievements in her 25plus year career at BET.

Debra L. Lee was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended James B. Dudley High School. In 1976, Lee graduated from Brown University with a bachelors degree in political science with an emphasis in Asian politics. She went on to earn a Masters degree in public policy from Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government and a law degree at Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Board of Student Advisers, in 1980.

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