D. I. Lee, PhD, CDE®

D. I. Lee, PhD, CDE® is a 22-year veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as a superintendent of Training, Avionics Section Chief and Master Instructor. Dr. Lee holds a PhD in postsecondary and adult education for Capella University with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in workforce education and development from Southern Illinois University.

Dr. Lee is a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)®, who owned a small consulting agency, SINA Management Services, LLC, where he served as a professional success builder providing consultation and training in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), leadership, human resources development, conflict resolution, and educational success. He is certified to instruct 32 competencies of the Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)® and Certified Diversity Professional (CDP)® and has provided training and instruction in DEIA and other executive sessions for 10 years. He has designed and facilitated leadership and management consultation and training for more than15 years in private and public venues, and facilitated courses in postsecondary education for more than 25 years.

He is the past board president for The Society for Diversity, parent company of the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC)®. Dr. Lee was the past lead faculty area chair for the University of Phoenix, where he was responsible for three departments: humanities, communications, and general education for University of Phoenix, Raleigh Campus; senior manager for Velox Global Services where he was responsible for coordinating strategic movement of personnel for businesses relocating and/or temporarily working on five continents. His passion for community includes mentoring youth ages 8-20 years old and educational coaching in postsecondary education.