Brian Craig Lee (born August 2, 1950)"City of Calgary Alderman Biographies"
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entrepreneur and a former

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. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Custom Learning Systems, a consulting firm specialising in positive healthcare workplace culture that he founded in 1984.

Political career

After his early experience in business as Vice President & General Manager of a chain of retail furniture stores, Lee turned to local politics. Elected to

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in 1977, Lee was the youngest

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ever elected in

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at the time. For his two terms in office, he served on forty civic boards, commissions and committees including the Calgary Police Commission, the Legislation Committee, the Metropolitan Calgary Foundation and the Disaster Services Committee. Lee served two terms as Calgary's Alderman, from 1977 to 1980 and 1980 to 1982, before stepping up to provincial politics and being elected as a Member of the

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, for the constituency of

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. Again active on numerous governmental committees, Lee's focus while in Provincial politics included civic affairs, urban transportation, senior citizens' affairs, human rights and multicultural affairs. He was defeated in the

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and retired from active politics.

Business career

Lee continues to operate Custom Learning Systems, the business he founded in 1984. He has written several books.

Community service

Brian Lee has long-time affiliations with

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and the Canadian Association of Public Speakers."Professional Speaker Brian Lee, CSP Wins Spirit of CAPS Award"
14 December 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2012

Books

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References

External links

CustomLearning.com
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