She/ Her

Lee Nowell

Senior Consultant

Lee is the previous Managing Director of Synchronicity Theatre. She has also held positions in Atlanta at Art Papers Magazine and at The SLAM Collaborative. She is highly experienced in management practices in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

When she is not working, Lee loves unique tulips (planting at least 1000 every year), the new NASA photographs of deep space, and writing songs with her husband, playwright Phillip DePoy.

Lee has worked with: MODA, The Counter Narrative Project, National Black Arts Festival, Art Papers, MINT, and Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, staibdance and T.Lang Dance, among others.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts - Cum Laude from Kenyon College

Skills

  • Grant writing

  • Federal grants

  • Succession planning

  • Project management

  • Recruitment

  • Interim Leadership Direction

Memberships & Volunteer Service

  • Previously served on the Advisory Board for Essential Theatre

Accolades

  • Managing for Excellence Award from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta (Synchronicity Theatre)

  • National nominations from The Kilroys and The Drama League

Lee has been featured in:

  • Broadway World

  • American Theatre

  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  • Creative Loafing

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer

  • Backstage

  • Howlround

  • ArtsATL

  • Atlanta Theatre Fans

  • Sunday Paper

  • Emory Wheel

  • Atlanta Press