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Debra L. Lee  Television Executive

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Career Includes

Lawyer, Steptoe & Johnson (1981–86); Vice President, General Counsel, Black Entertainment Television (1986–92); Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, Black Entertainment Television (1992–96); President, COO, Black Entertainment Television (1996–2006); President, CEO, Black Entertainment Television (2005– ); Chairman, CEO, Black Entertainment Television (2006– )
 

Education

Brown University, 1976, BA, Political Science; Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1980, MA, Public Policy; Harvard University Law School, 1980, Jurist Doctorate
 

Born

1955
Fort Jackson, South Carolina

 

 

 

 

 


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