Press Kit
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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, he has worked in Washington, DC for over 15-years.
Currently, Andrew serves as Vice-President of Media & Communications for a local public relations firm where he advises several Fortune 100 clients on media relations and marketing strategy. His past and current roles have taken him across the industries of the arts, education, transportation and healthcare. He also has served as Principal of PLwatcher Media and as an advisor and consultant to numerous education & arts organizations, foundations, political campaigns and corporate clients.
Lee brings a truely unique background and perspective to his work, having served as a press secretary in the United States House of Representatives and on dozens of 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 Andrew’s work from photography, videography, livestreaming, production and interviews has been featured in local, regional and national advertising campaigns.
As a musician, Lee has performed across the United States in some of America's greatest venues as a pianist and violinist including: The White House, George Washington's Masonic Temple and Carnegie Hall. In 2017, after several successful seasons with DC area orchestras as a violinist, Lee founded DC Strings Workshop, a non-profit organization committed to bringing music to all parts of the District. 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.
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. In this role he was 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, Washington, DC among other cities. 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.
In 2020, Andrew was invited to perform with the United States Air Force Band as part of a July 4 program with world renown violinist Joshua Bell. Andrew also performed in the Puerto Piano Festival in July 2020.
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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, he has worked in Washington, DC for over a decade.
Currently, Andrew serves as Vice-President of Media & Communications for a local public relations firm where he advises several Fortune 100 clients on media relations and marketing strategy. His past and current roles have taken him across the industries of the arts, education, transportation and healthcare. He also has served as Principal of PLwatcher Media and as an advisor and consultant to numerous education & arts organizations, foundations, political campaigns and corporate clients.