Before becoming BET CEO in March 1996, Lee was the network’s executive vice president of strategic business development. In 2003, Lee became the first African-American female executive to receive the Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership from the National Cable Television Association.
Lee, a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School, was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
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