Darrell A. Lee, S.M., began his work in the corporate sector in June 1980 with AT&T, IBM and Wang Laboratories. In July 1987, he founded Frontier Research and Planning Associates that provided organizational strategic planning, market research and planning, economic impact analysis, health center development, and grant funding. In March 2001, Lee established BCOG Planning and Development and expanded services into the areas of mixed-use and residential real estate development, economic revitalization, historic mill building renovation, and community rebuilding initiatives that have provided a visible and sustained positive impact in cities located in states such as Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,Texas, and Illinois. He is the founder of the Prairie Avenue Revitalization Initiative announced in March 2006 designed to attract $300 million of private, governmental, and philanthropic investment into the lowest income neighborhood in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. Given his expertise in the areas of strategic planning, real estate development, and economic impact analysis, Lee has presented at national and regional community health center conferences in multiples states across the nation. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Lee attended the US Military Academy at West Point (1975-1977); received his B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College (1980); and completed his graduate management education at the MIT Sloan School of Management (1988). Since that time, Mr. Lee has held board positions with various community-based, healthcare, academic, and ecumenical organizations in the New England area.