Tonya Lewis Lee
Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur & Women’s Health Advocate
Tonya Lewis Lee has spent over twenty years delivering quality content across multiple platforms..
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Producer, writer, entrepreneur and women’s health advocate Tonya Lewis Lee has spent over twenty years delivering quality content across multiple platforms. As a television producer, Lee served as Executive Producer on the episodic series She’s Gotta Have It, streaming on Netflix. She produced her first limited series at Nickelodeon, Miracle’s Boys, based on the Jacqueline Woodson novel of the same name, which remains classic television today.
As a film producer, Lee produced the adaptation of the Walter Dean Myers novel, Monster, which premiered in competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is now available on Netflix. Most recently Lee co-directed and co-produced Aftershock, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and examines the U.S. maternal mortality crisis. It won the Special Jury Award for Impact for Change and was acquired by Onyx and ABC News to stream on Hulu.
As a writer, Tonya penned the script for The Watsons go to Birmingham, an adaptation of the Christopher Paul Curtis novel that she also produced for the Hallmark Channel. In addition, Tonya is the author of three children’s books, including the classic Please Baby Please, and the adult novel, Gotham Diaries.
In 2007, Tonya became the spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health’s infant mortality awareness-raising campaign, A Healthy Baby Begins with You, which ignited her lifelong passion of advocating for better health outcomes for all women in the United States, especially women of color. Through the campaign, Tonya produced the film, Crisis in the Crib; Saving our Nation’s Babies. This work led Tonya to embark on her journey as an entrepreneur to create Movita Organics, an organic vitamin supplement brand to continue the conversation with women about accessing healthy outcomes and to provide them with a quality tool to aid in their quest.
Tonya is a member of the Writers Guild of America and a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, serving as co-chair of the One Guild Committee and on the Producer’s Council Board of Delegates. She is member of the board of trustees of the March of Dimes and is a director emeritus of the board of trustees of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She is the mother of two adult children and lives in New York City with her husband, Spike Lee. Indiewire named Tonya as one of 22 rising female filmmakers to watch in 2022.
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Ernie was perfect for our Elders Conference at Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. We will definitely be using PDA again!
LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Our speaker was great and the crowd enjoyed her! She was very engaging. Thank you again PDA for the great list of suggestions!
MEDTRONIC
Everything went great! and our speaker was wonderful! Thank you so much for all your help PDA! Looking forward to the next one.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – KANSAS CITY
I hope that this message finds you well. We had a phenomenal time with Atsuko this past Thursday. We wanted to just let you know how amazing she was. All those that were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her and had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Thank you for working with us to make sure this happened!
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Dear PDA Group, Thank you so much for your hard work in scheduling our speaker! From the moment we reached out to you the first time, you worked with us on all details and logistics and kept us up-to-date on the progress. Thank you for all your hard work on making our event such a success! We couldn't have done it without you and your team!
SAP COMPANY
Thank you again, Dr. Kimbrough, for a great presentation, our attendees are still talking about it!
CAMPUS LABS
Dr. Henry Lee's presentation was entertaining, insightful and wise. I, and everyone at Pfizer, especially appreciate the remarks you directed about following your passion and preparing yourself to excel. Thank you, everyone, at PDA for helping to make this happen!
PFIZER
The event was successful! I received many messages expressing how awesome, outstanding and inspiring Ms. Webb-Christburg's speech was."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL BREAKFAST, BOSTON, MLK SPEAKER
Everything went well. Atsuko was very easy to work with and the students enjoyed her performance! Thank you again for your recommendation and I hope to work with you again in the future!
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Novello left this morning after a very successful event on our campus! Thank you PDA Group for your help from the first phone to the last you were with us every step of the way.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Jordan Carlos was very very entertaining! A majority of students who answered the event survey indicated they really enjoyed Jordan and definitely will bring him back!
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can't wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Thank you, Peter, for all your help, you'll be happy to know that the event went incredibly well! Aneesa Ferreira was by far one of the best speakers we've ever had!
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
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Health: Closing the Gap on Health Disparities in the United States
Creativity: Trusting In the Creative Process
Activism: Showing Up Is the First Step
I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. the Board of Education
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Tonya Lewis Lee Spotlights Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in "Aftershock" | The View
Tonya Lewis Lee on the Black maternal mortality crisis and the new film “Aftershock”
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