Kevin Lee is the Chief Public Affairs Officer for the City of Long Beach, overseeing communications for the seventh largest city in California. He is responsible for advising the City Manager, Executive Leadership Team and Department Directors on media, public engagement and crisis communications strategy. He also works closely with the Office of the Mayor on news media efforts. He and his team provide strategy, policy, guidance and training to over 15 city departments, and directly oversee the City’s primary social media pages, visual brand, media relations program and multi-departmental communications efforts. Kevin serves as Lead Public Information Officer for the City during times of emergency and has activated four Joint Information Centers on various emergencies over the last year, along with his team. He helped lead the City’s nationally recognized COVID-19 response, in one of California’s first and longest running JICs related to the pandemic. Kevin has been in the Communications field for 20 years, leading campaigns and PR efforts for public sector organizations as well as global brands.

In order to attempt to practice self-care, when Kevin isn’t working, he heads into the mountains as much as possible, preferably where there is no cell service. Most importantly, Kevin is married to an extraordinary woman, has three amazing kids and a zoo of two smelly dogs, two cats, six fish and two snails.