Wanda S. Lee

Wanda S. Lee became the executive director/treasurer of WMU, SBC, in 2000. Mrs. Lee is the seventh woman to hold this office. Previous to this appointment, she served as president of WMU, SBC, 1996-2000. She is the first woman in WMU, SBC, history to hold both positions.

Wanda S. Lee was appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board as church/home/nurse missionary in 1979 to St. Vincent, Windward Islands, with husband Larry, serving as a church planter/pastor (returned home in 1981 due to illness with son). She has worked with Acteens for over 20 years, starting a group in three different churches. She is the author of Live the Call: Embrace God's Design for Your Life.

Prior to her election as national WMU president in 1996, she was president of Georgia WMU from 1993 to 1996.

As a registered nurse, Mrs. Lee has worked in hospitals in Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, and the Windward Islands. Her volunteer projects include medical missions to Bosnia, St. Vincent and Rio Branco, Brazil, and the Mississippi River Ministry.

WMU events that occurred during the tenure of Wanda Lee:

1) Customer Relations Team introduced as customer service returned to in-house operations at WMU national building.
2) National WMU staff was introduced to a new team structure for management and operations.
3) Over 6,500 Acteens attended the National Acteens Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2003 and new Acteens curriculum was introduced through The Mag.
4) Girls in Action celebrated its 90th birthday while a new GA Watchword, Motto, and Scripture was adopted.
5) MissionsFEST, a national project in which volunteers are brought together to specific U.S. city to be actively involved in missions, was launched in 2000.
6) Sisters Who Care launched in 2000 to develop Women on Mission organizations in Southern Baptist African American churches.
7) WMU Web site project began to expand to provide an ecommerce solution for users and be more user-friendly to the WMU family.