Debra Lee spent over 30 years at BET Networks, rising from General Counsel all the way to Chairman and CEO — and along the way she helped make BET the first African-American company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Her path proves that there is no single lane to the top: she built her career through law, operations, and executive leadership before becoming one of the most recognized names in media and entertainment. Today Debra co-founds organizations like The Monarchs Collective and Leading Women Defined to make sure boardrooms and corner offices reflect more of us — and her memoir, I Am Debra Lee, lays out exactly how she got there.