Reggie Van Lee

Reggie Van Lee is an Executive Vice President with Booz Allen Hamilton where he leads the firm’s healthcare business and its not-for-profit business.

Mr. Van Lee has deep expertise in building the organizational capabilities that make his clients resilient to potential shocks to mission accomplishment and growth. For 27 years, he has helped numerous private and public sector organizations transform to better achieve their missions and assisted in driving growth in not-for-profit organizations and foundations. Prior to Booz Allen, he worked as a research engineer.

Mr. Van Lee has co-authored a number of articles on the topic of strategy implementation. These articles have appeared in publications such as The Journal of Business Strategy and Business Horizons. He developed an innovative, integrated tool kit of management techniques to help leaders realize new strategies and institutionalize existing strategies. He is the co-author of the book, “Megacommunities- How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today’s Global Challenges Together.”  He has appeared on ABC-TV’s “World News This Morning” and CNBC, and co-led the Urban Enterprise Initiative with the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation, where he focused on driving enhanced competitiveness to small businesses in Harlem. He is a founding member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Mr. Van Lee’s many recognitions include the Black Engineer of the Year Award, the Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Award from the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, New York University’s C. Walter Nichols Award for outstanding community service, and the prestigious Spirit of Cabrini Award from the Cabrini Mission Foundation. In addition, Consulting magazine named Mr. Van Lee as one of the Top 25 consultants in the world.  He has been recognized as one of New York’s Finest Philanthropists and as one of the 2009 Washington Minority Business Leaders by the Washington Business Journal.

Mr. Van Lee serves as Chairman Emeritus of the board of the Evidence Dance Company, Chairman of the Board of the New York International Ballet Competition and a Trustee of the Studio Museum in Harlem. He was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and is a member of the MACS AIDS Fund Board. He is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council, Chairman of the Board of the Washington Performing Arts Society, Co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Howard Theatre Restoration Project, Chairman of the Board of the National CARES Mentoring Movement and a Cabinet member of Habitat for Humanity International’s Global Capital Campaign.

Mr. Van Lee holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

profile updated July 2011