Dee is the Director of Open Culture Storytelling at Creative Commons, bringing decades of experience in marketing communications and creative production. Having previously served as Creative Commons’ Director of Communications, she has a deep understanding of the organization’s mission and is committed to fostering shared creativity on a global scale.

A versatile creator and advocate, Dee is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, animator, and videographer. Her multifaceted career spans industries from education and technology to the arts and nonprofit leadership, where she has worked to expand the global reach of open culture and creative collaboration. Most recently, she was Chief Marketing Communications Officer for Family & Children’s Services.

An active member and juror for The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, Dee is an international recipient of the Communicator Award of Excellence for her short animation, The Life of Firestrike, and has been honored with the Clarion Award for UI/UX web design excellence.

Dee serves on the advisory board of the Tulsa World Media Company and is a regular op-ed contributor. She has written for the Safety and Justice Challenge website, and Intermission Magazine, and illustrated No One Is Too Old To Learn: A Theoretical Perspective on Adult Brain Functions and Adult Learning.

In 2011, Dee founded Spartan Post News (SPN), an award-winning journalism, broadcasting, and multimedia program at Bixby Public Schools. As a secondary English and journalism educator, she built her curriculum around Creative Commons licenses, highlighting the importance of open access in accelerating innovation and creativity. Her teaching earned her recognition as Oklahoma Scholastic Media’s Journalism Teacher of the Year, Bixby High School’s Teacher of the Year, and a nomination for the Oklahoma Foundation of Excellence Medal of Honor.

She has also served on the national and local boards of the Association for Women in Communications and the advisory boards of the Journalism Education Association and Southern Interscholastic Press Association. Dee contributed to the redevelopment of the Journalism Certification Examination for Educators through the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and co-authored a curriculum guide for sports broadcasting and video journalism.

Driven by curiosity, creative expression, and strategy, Dee spends much of her time reading, writing, painting, and experimenting with digital media art. She and her husband live in Tulsa, where they enjoy cycling and are active in film productions.