Mr. Wea H. Lee

FOUNDER/CEO

• Founder of Southern News Group
• Founder Global One Bank
• Chairman  & CEO of International Trade Center
• Founder of Southwestern National Bank
• Chairman of International Management District
• Founder Dallas Chinese Daily
• Founder Washington Daily News
• Honorary Consul of Guinea in Texas
• United Nations Associations Houston, Board Member

EDUCATION

• Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas
• Harvard Business School, Harvard University
• Cambridge, Massachusetts
• National ChengChi University. Taipei, Taiwan

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• 2021 Committee of 100 Member
• 2009-Present -ITC Culture and Education 501C-3Foundation, Founder
• Present US-China Partnership – Board Member
• Present– Chinese International Media Association, Honorary Chair
• 2020 Biden Inaugural Committee
• 2020 APPI Power 100, Member
• 2016 Member, Tri- County Regional Chamber of Commerce
• 2003 Present Member, Greater Houston Partnership
• 2006 Present Board Member, Harris County Hospital District Foundation Board
• 2005 Present Board Member, Houston Printing Museum
• 2005 Present Advisor to Congressman AL-Green
• 2003 Present Board Member, Asia Society
• 2003 Present Board Member, U.S China Friendship Association
• 1999-2004 Board of Trustee, Houston Better Business Bureau
• 1997 Present Founder, Houston Chinese New Year Festival

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2017 Beacon Award, TRI-COUNTY REGIONAL BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• 2016 President’s Volunteer Service Award
• 2015 Congressional Record WW II Anniversary and World Peace event
• 2012 International Entrepreneur- Camara Internacional de Comercio- Texas
• 2012 B- Excellent Award
• 2009 Certificate of Appreciation- U.S. Department of Commerce
• 2009 International Financial & Leadership Award -Special Congressional Recognition
• 2009 Leadership Empowerment Award- TWEF
• 2004 Prime Prevention Publication- City of Houston
• 2004 Man of Style of the year 
• 2003 Appreciation of Invaluable Services- Houston Millennium Lions Club   
• 2003 Southern Chinese Daily News was selected as one of Houston small business 100 winners from Houston Business Journal
• 2000 Achievement and Success Award- Asian Chamber of Commerce
• 1998 Leadership Appreciation – United Way Texas Gulf Coast
• 1995-1996   Who’s Who Executive & Professional Honoree
• 1991 Who’s Who in Leading American Executives
• 1990 City of Houston Certificate of Appreciation
• 1990 State of Texas House of Representatives Resolution for Asian Night
• 1989  Honorary Texas Citizen- State of Texas   
• 1989  US Asia Scholarship Foundation Appreciation Award
• 1983  Outstanding Young Man of America
• 1982  Houston Business Journal, Featured in Maj Artical
• 1976  Outstanding Overseas Chinese Young Man of the Year
• 1976  Advisor to Republic of China Overseas Affairs Commission
• 1974  Outstanding Member, National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha

FINANCIAL SERVICE

• Present- Global One Bank Founder  
• Present- Harris County Hospital District Foundation – Board Member & Vice President
• Present- University of Houston
• Present- Digital Media DIGM, Advisory Board Member
• 2015-Present Texas Lee’s Credit Union President
• 1999-2016 Southwestern National Bank – Board Member and Loan Committee
• 2010-2014 BBB Better Business Bureau Gulf Coast Chapter Board Member
• 1985-1991 Texas First National Bank – Board Member

PUBLISHED WORKS

• 2019   Southern News Group 40 Year Anniversary Book
• 2011   Southern News Group 30 Year Anniversary Book
• 1992   “U.S. Foreign Policy toward China 1948-1951”. In Wea H. Lee (Ed.), Asian American Presence in the   “U.S.: Editorial Commentaries from U.S. Asia News.
• 1979-   Editorials of Southern Chinese Daily News. (Houston: Southern Chinese Daily News) Eye on the World from Harvard” published by Yale Publishing Co. Taipei, Taiwan