Lee joined BET as vice president and general counsel in 1986 after over five years as an attorney with Washington, D.C. based Steptoe and Johnson, a corporate law firm.
Lee is a recognized leader in the telecommunications industry and is a recipient of the 2000 Tower of Power Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting System; the Silver Star Award from American Women in Radio and Television; and the Par Excellence Award from Dollars and $ense Magazine.
Lee and her husband, Randall Coleman, reside in Washington, D.C. with their two children.
DebraLee is a member of a truly elite group in the American business pantheon — an African-American woman chief executive of a multi-billion dollar media conglomerate.
Lee served as a law clerk to the late Honorable Barrington Parker of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Lee’s sphere of influence also extends well beyond BET where she is regarded as one of the country’s top female executives in the realm of Fortune 500 companies.
DebraLee Baldwin is an award-winning writer/editor based in Southern California.
Debra has won awards from the Garden Writers Association of America, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the San Diego Press Club.
Debra was born and raised in San Diego County, attended United States International University, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA degree in English literature.
Twenty years after she decided to leave an elite Washington D.C. law firm to manage contract negotiations and legal affairs for a little-known, fl-owned cable company, Lee is now chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television the most prosperous African-American business in the country.
Last year she tapped Hollywood producer-director Reginald Hudlin to helm the effort a hire heralded by many in the industry as a further sign of Lee's executive acumen.
[DebraLee is a Christian leader, of the Pembina Band of Anishinabe, which settled in Roseau River, and Roseau Rapids (Zha-bosh-ka-day-ong), in Manitoba, Canada.
She is a Christian, and a member of the Medewewin Lodge, the traditional spiritual ways of her people.
For myself, I say, let those that understand from the depths of their heart return to the Lodges and let His Spirit direct them in those Lodges.
We are focusing on Lee Middleton's "Classic Miniatures" and "Children of the World" lines, because we feel that these dolls best embrace the style of dolls produced 100 years ago.
We also offer Lee Middleton's classic storybook characters, including Alice in Wonderland and Robin Hood.
We are also able to special order any Lee Middleton doll currently in production.
(AP) DebraLee never expected it would come to this.
Twenty years after she decided to leave an elite Washington D.C. law firm to manage contract negotiations and legal affairs for a little-known, fl-owned cable company, Lee is now chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television _ the most prosperous African-American business in the country.
Last year she tapped Hollywood producer-director Reginald Hudlin to helm the effort _ a hire heralded by many in the industry as a further sign of Lee's executive acumen.
The album's title, "The Return," signifies his coming back to the mainstream after recording the 2004 gospel album, "I Need an Angel," Studdard said in a statement released Monday by J Records.
A pilot faced reckless flying and other charges for landing a helicopter on a public street to pick up Tommy Lee and take him to a concert, prosecutors said.
A German illusionist levitates a table covered with a purple cloth, as fellow magicians scrutinize his every move.
