Biography
Chai Lee was born in Thailand and moved with his Hmong family to the United States when he was a year old. They lived in Fresno, California until 1998, and then moved to Saint Paul, where he attended Humbolt High School and Carleton College. In his work on the Met Council, Lee is focused on emphasizing the Met Council’s role as a leader in convening and facilitating collaboration to support equitable and sustainable planning and policy
Lee is a Program Director for Nexus Community Partners. He runs a leadership program called the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) at a local Twin Cities nonprofit called Nexus Community Partners. Previously, he was a constituent service representative in the office of Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. Lee has served on the District 1 Community Council in Saint Paul, the Gold Line BRT Community and Business Advisory Committee, and the Saint Paul’s Long-Range Capital Investment Budget Committee (the CIB), among many other volunteer community activities.