Lee brings nearly 30 years of front-line fundraising and advancement leadership experience, serving most recently as the Vice Chancellor for Advancement for the Sarasota-Manatee campus of the University of South Florida.

Having worked in both public and private universities, she has successfully closed transformational gifts, established college advisory boards and led staff reorganizations, including recruiting some of the best professionals in the business. She also established and led a fundraising consultancy, Williams & Associates, serving a variety of institutions.

In addition to working in advancement leadership at the University of South Florida (USF) at two different times in her career, she also helped lead institutions such as Georgia Institute of Technology, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Mississippi State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where she also served as CEO of the Foundation. Lee believes in the power of philanthropy and has established endowments at a number of the universities mentioned above.

Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Mississippi State University, a Master of Science in Public Relations from the University of Southern Mississippi and also held the certified fundraising executive (CFRE) designation for more than a decade.

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Association of Fundraising Professionals, Atlanta, GA 2016, Former Member

Chamber of Commerce, Fall River, MA 2014, Former Member

Fall River Rotary Club, Fall River, MA 2014, Former Member

Rotary Club of Tampa Bay, 2013, Former Member

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS), May 2011, Former Member

Nominated for an Outstanding Staff Award at USF, May, 2009

USF, President’s Club 2007-2010, Former Member

Georgia Tech, Roll Call 2004-2007, Former Member

Donor Club at George Washington University  1998-2003, Former Member

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 2002, Former Docent

President’s Club at MSU 1998-2001, Former Donor

CFRE designation for 10+ years

Selected to serve the Junior League of Washington DC as Fund Raising Chair for A Capital Collection, 2000 

Dean’s Development Council for The MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, 2001, Former Member