Kien Lee, Principal Associate & Vice President of Community Science, leads Community Science’s practice in the areas of cultural competency, inclusion, and equity as they pertain to contemporary issues such as health and behavioral health disparities, healthcare workforce development, immigrant integration, food insecurity, civic participation, and community change.

Kien Lee

Principal Associate & Vice President, Community Science

For 15 years, she has provided philanthropic and nonprofit organizations and federal agencies with research and evaluation services and consultation in strategy development in all these areas, bringing to the work her passion, knowledge about the issues, expertise in research and evaluation methodology, and equally important, flexibility and a commitment to shared learning and excellence.

Recent Posts by Kien

Blog Post Kien Lee on Apr 3, 2019

Key Recommendations for Funders, Evaluators, and Technical Assistance Providers… 

We are lifting up lessons we’ve learned from our Racial Equity Here cohort, five cities working to operationalize racial equity in local governments. In this blog post, Kien Lee, our evaluator outlin…

Blog Post Kien Lee on Mar 12, 2019

Getting Ready for Racial Equity Work: Community Engagement  

Community engagement is central to cities’ racial equity strategies. It's also where cities need a lot of support.

Blog Post Anne Price & Kien Lee on Mar 21, 2017

Racial Equity Here - Lessons from the Field  

Four lessons from our Racial Equity Here cohort on how to embed a racial equity lens in local government.