Tyjaun A. Lee

Commissioner at KCATA

Tyjaun A. Lee is president of the Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley Campus. Dr. Lee has more than two decades of experience in higher education. Before coming to MCC-Penn Valley in August 2017, she was vice president of student affairs at Prince George's Community College in Maryland.

She was inducted into the Black Achievers Society of Greater Kansas City in 2019. She is also on the board of directors of the Urban Ranger Corps and serves on the Broadway Westport Council, which oversees community development projects. Lee is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and holds three degrees from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, including a doctorate of philosophy in educational leadership with an emphasis in higher education administration.