Barbara Hamm Lee

chief community engagement officer, WHRO

Barbara Hamm Lee has served as WHRO's Chief Community Engagement Officer since January, 2008, responsible for local television productions and programming. She is executive producer and host of Another View, a program that examines issues of particular interest to the African-American community in Hampton Roads (Friday nights at 9pm.) She also serves as back-up host for HearSay, the award winning noon talk show heard on 89.5WHRV-FM. Barbara currently serves on the boards of the Hermitage Museum and Samaritan House. She was appointed by Governor Kaine to the Virginia Fire Services Board (2007-2009); and is a former board member of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, Youth Entertainment Studios and the Governor's School for the Arts Foundation. She was named a "Woman of Distinction" by the YWCA in 2010.