David L. Lee

David L. Lee joined the board in 2009 and became Chair on July 1, 2019. He is a co-founder and managing general partner of Clarity Partners, a private equity firm that invests in communications, media and related technology companies. Lee started his professional career with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Los Angeles in 1975. In the 80s and 90s, he held executive positions at Comsat, TRW and Pacific Capital Group. In 1997 he co-founded the telecommunications firm Global Crossing and served as its president and chief operating officer until early 2000 when he left to launch Clarity Partners. Lee holds a doctorate in Physics with a minor in Economics from the California Institute of Technology. He is a trustee and the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Caltech. The Lee Family Foundation supports higher education, and has provided grants to establish centers for advanced networking at Caltech and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.