Barbara Hamm Lee
| Barbara Hamm Lee | |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | Bennett College (Summa Cum Laude) |
| 💼 Occupation | Executive Producer and Host, WHRO's Another View |
Barbara Hamm Lee is the Executive Producer and Host of WHRO'’s Another View, a weekly call-in talk show that "discusses today's issues from an African American perspective".[1] She is also the owner of Sharing Info, LLC, a media/communications consulting company.[2] She has held the position of Project Director for the National Federation of Community Broadcasters' African American Public Radio Stations Initiative, consulting with 26 African American public radio stations on compliance, governance, development, programming and community engagement. She has served as Managing Director, SkillsOnline, Creative Services Officer, Chief Communications Officer, Chief Public Affairs Officer and Chief Community Engagement Officer, all with WHRO Public Media.
Personal life
Barbara was raised in Baltimore, Maryland and currently lives in Norfolk, Virginia with her husband Maxie Lee. She has a daughter, stepdaughter and a granddaughter and attends First Baptist Church, Berkley.
Career
Prior to her work with WHRO, Barbara held management positions with Communications Technologies, Inc.; Prince George’s County, Maryland Police Department and Hamm and Fox Communications. Most of Barbara’s career has been spent in television news management including News Director for WTKR-TV in Norfolk, VA; KYW-TV, Philadelphia; WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C.; Black Entertainment Television; WJZ-TV and WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Maryland. She has also served as an adjunct journalism professor for Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University.
Barbara currently serves as Chair, YWCA, South Hampton Roads Board of Directors; Immediate Past Chair of the Norfolk Education Foundation Board of Directors; Former Chair, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority; and board member of Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC), Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation Board and Bennett College Alumnae Association, Tidewater Chapter.[3][4][5]
Awards
- (2010) YWCA of South Hampton Roads Woman of Distinction[6]
- Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast a Woman of Courage, Confidence and Character Award
- (2015) Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast Famous Former Girl Scout Award[7]
- Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities Humanitarian Award
- Urban League of Hampton Roads Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award
- Urban League of Hampton Roads Volunteer of the Year Award[8]
- 2017 - Tidewater Community College MLK Distinguished Service Award[9]
References
- ↑ "Another View | Hampton Roads African American perspectives | PBS". Another View | Hampton Roads African American perspectives | PBS. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "Sharing Info, LLC Can Manage All of Your Company's Communications Needs". sharinginfollc.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "Board of Directors - YWCA South Hampton Roads". www.ywca-shr.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20. line feed character in
|title=at position 19 (help) - ↑ "Norfolk Education Foundation - Board of Directors". norfolkedfoundevents.wildapricot.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "NRHA Board Re-elects "Shep" Miller Chair and Barbara Hamm Lee Vice Chair | Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA)". www.nrha.us. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "Former YWCA Women of Distinction Awards" (PDF).
- ↑ "Girls Scouts of the Colonial Coast Famous Former Girl Scout Awards" (PDF).
- ↑ "Urban League Hampton Roads, Inc. - MLK Honorees". www.ulhr.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "WHRO's Hamm Lee is recipient of MLK Community Distinguished Service Award from TCC - TCC Today". TCC Today. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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