Sandra Lee
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Sandra Lee is a Multi-Emmy® and a Gracie Award-Winner as well as an Internationally acclaimed Home Life Expert, Activist and Philanthropist. She is a New York Times and Amazon Best Selling author of 27 books and has created/hosted numerous television programs broadcast on Netflix, ABC, NBC, FOX, ROKU, Food Network, HGTV, Discovery, Family and the Cooking Channel in 63 countries worldwide and has served as Editor-in-Chief in her own namesake magazine and website. Sandra has also created the Award-Winning HBO Documentary, “RX: EARLY DETECTION, A CANCER JOURNEY WITH SANDRA LEE”, and is an Executive Producer of the Documentary, “RUTH, In Her Own Words” {Ruth Bader Ginsburg} which aired on STARZ anchoring Women’s History Month.
With a commitment to service and philanthropy, Sandra has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the world’s Largest Humanitarian Organization, The World Food Program, which recently received the Nobel Peace Prize. Sandra also serves on the board of directors of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and is one of three founding board members of the Los Angeles chapter of UNICEF where she has also served as UNICEF’s Singular International Nutrition Emissary. Sandra was the National Spokesperson for Share our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign for over a decade and created their largest annual fundraiser, The Great American Bake Sale, which received several Guinness World Records Awards. For her outstanding commitment to public service, Sandra has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award, The Albert Einstein Award of Excellence, the Women in Television’s MUSE Award, The Television Industry Advocacy Award, Washington DC’s National Women’s History Museum - Women Making History Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and The Eleanor Roosevelt Medal of Honor.
In spring of 2015, Sandra was diagnosed with early-stage cancer and publicly documented her story. While undergoing aggressive treatment and the subsequent extensive complications, Sandra decided to allow unrestricted filming access. This decision was inspired by her obligation to educate others in taking an active role in their own health care, to provide caregivers with insight and tools for day-to-day patient care and medical advocacy, while also influencing lawmakers to pass legislation that provide no-cost insurance coverage and increased hours for screening accessibility. Sandra’s open, uncensored communications has been acknowledged with several prestigious honors including Capitol Hill’s Congressional Families Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award and City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Award presented to her by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.
