The Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
FQT Professor of Practice
Roz Lee (she/her) has dedicated her life to advancing racial, gender, economic and LGBTQ justice through community organizing, advocacy, political education, and social justice philanthropy. Currently, Roz serves as Head of Philanthropy at the Equality Fund, a global organization committed to funding feminist futures. She formerly worked at the Ms. Foundation for Women, where she led efforts to support gender and racial justice led by and for women and girls of color, including indigenous and transgender women and girls. As Director of Social Justice Initiatives at the Arcus Foundation, she created innovative global and local philanthropic initiatives at the intersection of race, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. Roz is the first-ever Professor of Practice at the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies/the Gender Studies and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Roz lives with her spouse and daughter in Harlem.