David Y. Lee

David Y. Lee is a Senior Program Officer at the National Geographic Society, where he supports their Storytelling grant-making program and global community of Storytelling Explorers.

Before joining National Geographic Society, David covered The White House for Time and Newsweek as a photojournalist, served as an official photographer for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, led National Geographic’s global photo community, and worked at Advancement Project as their Social Impact Storyteller. David also started The Waiting List, a non-profit humanizing the statistics of organ donation with the mission of increasing awareness and organ donor registration.

He has a M.A. in Photography from Ohio University School of Visual Communication.