Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee, born on April 20, 1936, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, is a notable philanthropist and the President of SpotQ Services Inc and the Lee Foundation. He is known for his contributions in crime prevention, education, and evidence-based policy-making. Jerry Lee has made significant donations towards initiatives such as the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania, the Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology at the University of Cambridge, and the Coalition for Evidence-based policy in Washington. Additionally, he was the former owner of WBEB-FM, the last independent radio station in a major media market. Jerry Lee also served as a Trustee of the Campbell Collaboration, a non-profit global network of program evaluators. From 2004 to 2008, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, where he played a key role in overseeing research funding decisions amounting to over $1 billion.