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CEOs of the Year: Candice Lee

How the Vanderbilt athletics director navigated her new job during a global pandemic

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Candice Lee

Candice Lee was facing a daunting task in February 2020.

She was not just succeeding Malcolm Turner, an out-of-the-box hire from the NBA G-League who in one brief year as Vanderbilt director of athletics spent the university’s money lavishly with little to show for it. Lee also faced the arduous challenge of restoring Vanderbilt to respectability among the rest of the Southeastern Conference.

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