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Lee Bynum (they/them) has been advocating internationally for more equitable and accessible practices and greater technological adaptation in the arts for more than twenty years.  Bynum has held roles at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Minnesota Opera, Columbia University, Indiana University, and Saint Francis University in Hong Kong.  Bynum received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Columbia University, and their research on race and culture has been published by the university presses of Oxford, Harvard, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and NYU.  A composer and librettist, Bynum’s work has been performed in the US and Asia, and their forthcoming collaboration with Nkeiru Okoye will have a European premiere with Opera North in 2026.