Meet Our Team

As a thought leader in diversity recruitment, Lee developed the Proactive Diversity Recruitment Program (PDRP), a subscription-based solution he designed as an integrated long-term talent strategy in lieu of the one dimensional, one-time transaction traditional retained search approach. It is a remedial measure solving for “diversity insanity,” essentially doing the same thing over and over again from a diversity recruiting standpoint and expecting a different result.

Lee is deeply concerned about economic inclusion and empowerment of historically marginalized communities. As he crafts the trajectory of his organization this is top of mind. He is intent on championing representation both in terms of the hiring of diverse senior leaders and promoting partnerships with diverse suppliers.

Prior to Holliday Partners, Lee worked in talent representation at Creative Artist Agency. CAA represents 80% of A-List actors, directors, writers, musical artists and athletes and is touted as the most influential and dominant organization in the talent agency business. His first foray was within commercial endorsements as he was responsible for identifying opportunities for the full roster of clients within television commercials, print ads and personal appearances both domestically and internationally. He later transitioned into the motion picture talent and was responsible for curating opportunities for a select group of the agency’s most elite actors and actresses within feature films.

Lee holds a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Southern California Gould School of Law where he was given a full academic scholarship. He was also awarded The Earl Warren Scholarship by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. This scholarship was named in honor of the memory of the former Supreme Court Chief Justice and awarded “annually to rising law students whose commitment to racial justice reveals outstanding potential for training as civil rights and public interest attorneys.” He was also given the The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) scholarship. CLEO has played an key role in helping to advance Justice and Diversity in America.

Lee also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Boston University where he played football as a full-scholarship athlete and became a member of one of the “Divine Nine,” or the historically Black Greek Letter Organization (BGLO), Kappa Alpha Psi.

Lee is married with two daughters and has two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and enjoys sharing adventures and creating memories with his family. He stays active in several charitable causes. He is currently the Board Vice President for Kind Mouse Productions Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida that assists families and children in Pinellas County with food insecurities and chronic hunger. He is a fitness enthusiast, a jeep enthusiast and a foodie who enjoys travel and cultural exploration.

Prior to joining Holliday Partners Elijah served in the U.S. Army where he retired with 21+ years of honorable service. He began his career in Military Intelligence as an Imagery Analyst where he provided key leaders with valuable battlefield intelligence to guide strategic decision-making for key U.S. and Allied Forces elements. As an Intel Analyst, he deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of the Implementation Force (IFOR), a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force. He also deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Sr. Analyst before transitioning his career into the Army Transportation Corps. As a Transporter, Elijah deployed to Iraq three additional times operating as the Transportation Movement Coordinator responsible for the successful deployment and re-deployments of 250+ Soldiers and millions of dollars of personal protective equipment and unit vehicles, weapons, and ammunition. While on the ground, he supervised some of the largest cargo receiving and shipping yards in Iraq while managing teams as large as 20+ operating 24 hr cargo operations. Elijah also volunteered to serve as a Unit Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA) to help ensure commanders and their units were equipped with the proper resources to sustain a comprehensive effort to maximize their Soldier’s potential and ensure fair treatment for all persons based solely on merit, fitness, and capability in support of unit readiness. Through his performance and actions, Senior Commanders recognized the value of ensuring fair and equitable treatment unit-wide and selected him above 40+ peers as the Battalion Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Coordinator for a unit of 2000+ Soldiers. As part of the Army’s SHARP Program, Elijah was a Victim Advocate and the Senior Advisor to the Battalion Commander receiving training certified by the National Advocate Credentialing Program (NACP) credentialed through the DOD Sexual Assault Advocate Certification Program (D-SAACP) to assist Soldiers with sexual assault reports. He provided a 24/7 unit-level response capability and also supported senior and junior commanders with their prevention, training and awareness efforts, command climate and culture, safety, prevention and response efforts, accountability, assessment, and safe reporting.

Elijah is the proud father of three girls and a boy and happily married to another Veteran who honorably served 25 years in the Air Force before they retired in 2015. After retirement, Elijah enrolled in the East Coast Polytechnic Institute University’s School of Health Science, accelerated degree program and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Health Care Administration and was a member of the Golden Keys Honor Society. Although Elijah and his wife no longer travel on government orders, they take full advantage of any opportunity to traipse across the globe.