Jackie Lee

Director

Dr. Jackie Lee has served as a research and development scientist for Dow AgroSciences, an extension specialist for Oklahoma State University and recently an extension specialist at University of Arkansas before being appointed the director of the University of Arkansas Fruit Research Station.

She has 15 years of experience in research, grant writing, scientific writing, and serving as a board member for many commodity groups. She is a cheerleader for scientific advancements and education to ensure these advancements are utilized by those they will help the most. She is married to Leon and has 3 daughters, Cheyeden, Elektra, and Hollis. Jackie and Leon are also foster parents and have fostered 10 children in the past two years.

Her youngest daughter, Hollis,  was diagnosed with Myhre syndrome at the age of 2yrs old in 2019. Hollis has an extensive medical history but with a great local care team and support from the MGH Myhre Center, she is thriving and living a high quality life with Myhre Syndrome. Jackie joined the board in 2021 in hopes of volunteering her expertise to help the Myhre Foundation’s mission to not only help her daughter but for the Myhre community as a whole.

She is hopeful that through the Myhre Foundations hard work that  research will be successful in finding treatments for Myhre.  In her free time she enjoys gardening, sewing, spending time with her family and friends and being outdoors.