Barbara F. Lee

Not to be confused with Barbara Lee.
Barbara F. Lee
Born
Barbara Fish

(1945-07-03) July 3, 1945 (age 79)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSimmons College
OccupationPhilanthropist
Known forFounder of Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Spouse
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(m. 1968⁠–⁠1995)​

Barbara Fish Lee (born July 3, 1945) is an American philanthropist. She founded and leads the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and the Barbara Lee Political Office, both located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] Major targets of Lee's donations include the Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art and Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.[2] In May 2014, the magazine Boston listed Lee among Boston's Most Powerful Thought Leaders.[3]

  1. ^ Fox, Jeremy (September 25, 2014). "Watch out, boys — Barbara Lee is building an Old Girls Club". Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ Blanding, Michael (May 2015). "Barbara Lee: Wonder Woman". Boston Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ "The Power of Ideas". Boston. May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2023.