Dr. Lee Hudson was named Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs at the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) in February 2002. Her responsibilities include the development and implementation of the Commission’s community relations policies and programs to cultivate a mutual understanding and respect among the City’s many diverse communities.

Dr. Hudson oversees the Commission’s 5 borough-based Community Service Centers and their outreach programs: Equal Access, Immigrant Employment Rights Education, Mortgage and Pre-Purchase Counseling, Community Mediation and Conflict Resolution, the Training Institute and the HIV/Prison Project.

Prior to joining CCHR, Dr. Hudson was the Director of the Community Relations Bureau for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. There, she developed and coordinated crime prevention and intervention programs throughout Brooklyn.

Dr. Hudson previously served as the Director of Communications for the State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. Prior to that she served six years as an assistant to Mayor Koch, where she advised him on numerous community-related issues and developed and managed community service programs through the Mayor’s Ethnic Advisory Council and the Mayor’s Office for the Lesbian and Gay Community.

She received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin, M.A. from the University of Illinois-Urbana and B.A. from the University of Texas-Austin; all three interdisciplinary degrees were in Communications and English. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in American literature and performance studies at the major state universities of Arizona, North Dakota, Illinois and Texas.

Dr. Hudson resides in Brooklyn.