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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Debra Lee is the keynote speaker at the Scholarship |
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Banquet at the African American Leadership Summit, which is being |
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held in Austin on February 28 and March 1, 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, As the chief executive officer and chair of the |
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board of directors of Black Entertainment Television, Inc., Ms. Lee |
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is among an elite group of American business leaders who head |
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multibillion-dollar organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree from Brown |
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University, Ms. Lee went on to earn a master's degree in public |
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policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and her law |
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degree from Harvard University; she was a law clerk in the U.S. |
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District Court for the District of Columbia and spent five years as |
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an attorney in Washington, D.C., before joining BET Holdings in |
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1986 as vice president and general counsel; and |
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WHEREAS, She has been BET's executive vice president of legal |
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affairs, magazine division publisher, and head of strategic |
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business development, and has held a number of other key positions |
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in the company; in addition, she serves on the board of directors of |
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the Eastman Kodak Company, Marriott International, Inc., Revlon, |
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Inc., and Washington Gas Light Company; and |
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WHEREAS, An active participant in many civic and professional |
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organizations, Ms. Lee is a member of the boards of the Kennedy |
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Center Corporate Fund, the National Symphony Orchestra, the |
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National Women's Law Center, the Alvin Ailey American Dance |
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Theater, and Girls, Inc.; she is a past recipient of the Vanguard |
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Award from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the |
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Positively Visionary Award from Cable Positive, the Quasar Award |
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from the National Association of Minorities in Communications, the |
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Tower of Power Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting System, and |
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the Woman of the Year Award from Women in Cable Telecommunications; |
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she was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, |
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D.C., by Washingtonian magazine and one of the top 50 Most Powerful |
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Women in Cable by CableFAX magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her accomplished career, Ms. Lee |
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has distinguished herself through hard work, perseverance, and |
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outstanding achievements, and she sets an example of leadership to |
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which all may aspire; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Debra Lee on the occasion of her keynote |
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address at the Scholarship Banquet at the 2011 African American |
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Leadership Summit and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Lee as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |