Our Advisory Board and Steering Committee

The Opportunity Agenda Advisory Board members represent a diverse spectrum of disciplines, constituencies and approaches, yet all of them have demonstrated in their work a rare priority on cross-disciplinary collaboration, leadership development, a focus on results and a deep respect for diversity. In addition to diversity of experience, our Advisory Board represents a diverse range in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, geography, and age.

	Bill Lann Lee, Chair, Steering Committee; Co-Founder Bill Lann Lee, a distinguished civil rights lawyer, serves as Senior Counsel and Board Chair to The Opportunity Agenda. Lee is a partner with the law firm Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. in Oakland, California. Lee has extensive experience in the litigation of employment discrimination, police misconduct, housing discrimination, transportation equity, environmental justice, and other civil rights cases. He co-chairs the firm’s Employment Practice Group and chairs the Human Rights Practice Group. Lee was an attorney for 17 years with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Inc. He headed the Legal Defense Fund’s Western Regional Office in Los Angeles, California. In December 1997, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, by President Bill Clinton and served until January 2001. Lee is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, such as the ABA Spirit of Excellence Award (2004), Anti-Defamation League Pearlstein Civil Rights Award (2002), the U.S. Department of Justice John Randolph Distinguished Service Award (2001), and the Pioneer Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans (2000).