Dana Su Lee

Dana Lee is a 1988 graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. In 1993 she received a Master of Arts Management from The School of Public Policy & Management at Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University. Mother of Graham and Katie and spouse to Gregory, Dana divides her time between Nevada and New York. After college Dana worked in Manhattan in advertising and fashion public relations. While in graduate school, she did development/pre-opening research for the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and returned after graduation to New York as foundation manager for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Dana rejoined the for-profit world and became a consultant for the global branding firm, Landor Associates. Her husband, Gregory, led her move to Las Vegas in 1997, where Dana worked in corporate advertising for Mirage Resorts, overseeing the branding and identity program for the Bellagio Resort & Casino. After the birth of her children, Dana worked on special projects for SK&G Advertising. Dana has served on the boards of The Meadows School, The Webb Schools of California, The Nevada Ballet Theatre, The Las Vegas Art Museum, Communities in Schools Nevada, the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, and the advisory board of Teach for America Las Vegas Valley. Dana is a founder, board member and past president of The Nevada Women’s Philanthropy, a pooled-fund large impact grant making organization that supports critical needs in Southern Nevada. In 2010 Dana was appointed by Governor Jim Gibbons to serve on the Nevada Education Reform Blue Ribbon Task Force. The commission, comprised of members from throughout Nevada, was charged with guiding and making recommendations on behalf of Nevada’s application for federal Race to the Top education funds. The resulting recommendations, Nevada’s Promise: Excellence, Rigor, and Equity, serves as a platform for statewide education reforms. Dana is past board chair of the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities and currently serves on the boards of the Nevada based non-profits: The Nevada Women’s Philanthropy and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; and the New York based non-profits: The Triple Aught Foundation which oversees and operates the artist Michael Heizer’s monumental sculpture, City, and The Dia Art Foundation. She is a member of the Brown University Arts Advisory Council. She served on the Las Vegas Victim’s Fund Committee, which oversaw the consolidation and distribution of funds contributed to the victims of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Dana is a former marathon runner, an avid hiker, traveler, arts enthusiast, and dedicated community participant.