ABOUT ANDREW
ANDREW IS A RENAISSANCE MAN WHO THRIVES ON SOLVING COMPLEX CHALLENGES AND DEMANDING MORE OF HIS TEAMS TO ACHIEVE LASTING RESULTS.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Andrew is a proud graduate of Tri-Cities Visual Performing Arts Magnet High School in East Point, GA. The music program changed his life forever, exposing and instilling in him a deep love of classical music. He has worked in Washington, DC for over 15-years.
Currently, Andrew serves as Vice-President of Media & Communications for a nationally recognized public relations firm where he advises several Fortune 100 clients on media relations and marketing strategy. He enjoys media training and preparing executives and community leaders to tell their story.
His past and current roles have taken him across the arts, education, and healthcare industries. He has also served as Principal of PLwatcher Media and as an advisor and consultant to numerous education and arts organizations, foundations, political campaigns, and corporate clients.
Lee brings a truly unique background and perspective to his work, having served as a press secretary in the United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs and numerous political and advocacy campaigns. His political campaign work has taken him to dozens of states as a campaign operative, senior advisor, media consultant, communications director, and campaign manager. He is proud to have advised several candidates who are now elected officials and, in some cases, Members of Congress.
AS A CREATIVE & MUSICIAN…
Andrew’s creative work from photography, videography, livestreaming, production, and media relations has been featured in local, regional and national print and digital advertising campaigns.
As a musician, Lee has performed across the United States in some of America's greatest venues as a conductor, pianist and violinist including: The White House, George Washington's Masonic Temple and Carnegie Hall. In 2017, after several successful seasons with DMV area orchestras as a violinist, Lee founded DC Strings Workshop, a non-profit organization committed to bringing music to all parts of the region. Lee has performed as a violinist with the Colour of Music Festival in Charleston, SC and Ray Chew's "Night of Inspiration" at Carnegie Hall where he collaborated with world-class musicians and soloists including Donnie McClurkin, Yolanda Adams, Dionne Warwick, and Shirley Caesar.
In summer 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, Andrew was selected to perform with the United States Air Force as a member of the orchestra featuring famed violinist Joshua Bell.
Andrew Lee performs in 2011 with Violinist Raycurt Johnson for Dr. Robert Starling Pritchard II — In 1957, Pritchard became the first African American concert pianist to tour Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa as a solo performer, he is heralded as one of the first commercially recorded African American concert pianists.
AS AN
ARTS
ADMINISTRATOR…
Lee has served on the board of several orchestras and community organizations. His board tenure spans groups as diverse as the Frederick Douglass Memorial & Historical Association (2016-present) to Washington Performing Arts Junior Board (2018-present), Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (2018-2021), and national political organizations and committees.
Since 2017, Lee has served as Operations and Personnel Manager for the Colour of Music Festival. Currently, he is the Director of Orchestra Personnel for the Festival. In this role he is responsible for hiring more than +70 orchestral musicians and leading all aspects of logistics and planning for a series of concerts, performances and events. Several orchestra tours have taken the ensemble to Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Sacramento, Atlanta, New York, Washington, DC among other cities and with notable stars such as Vanessa Williaims. In 2018, Lee was selected to serve as an Orchestral Liaison to the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble comprised of leading African-American and Latino musicians from around the world for the famed Sphinx Competition, and is proud to have returned for the past 4-years. He has also served as a coordinator for the Gateways Music Festival at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
Andrew Lee leads an orchestra during the pandemic!
RESUME
Education
Nonprofit Management Certificate - Georgetown University
MA - Studies at The University of Maryland
BA - Music & Political Science at Furman University
Business Experience
Advised and supported numerous advocacy and political campaigns
Served as an advisor to dozens of local, state and federal campaigns
Currently have advised 3-sitting Members of Congress on their campaigns prior to victory
Managed media/health care and vaccination efforts across 3 states (FL, TN, GA; among others)
Led focus groups and research to better understand vaccine hesitancy and challenges to vaccinations
Arts/orchestra management expertise across dozens of national arts organizations
Performed/managed experiences across 15+-states including (Sacramento, CA; Richmond VA; Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; Rochester, NY; Detroit, MI; Charleston, SC; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, DC; NYC; and more)
Media expertise across healthcare, education, and PhaRMA clients
Top placements and experiences with global outlets (CNN, USA Today, iHeart Media, SiriusXM, MSNBC, Fox News, WSJ, NYT, Washington Post, VICE News, and others)
Led several media tour for a national health care association resulting in over 15 placements in the span of a 4-hours, pushing back on misinformation.
Opinion pieces and editorials in top outlets across the country
Marketing experience in various industries such as arts, education, health care, transportation and finance
