Nona Lee is in her 22nd season with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2021, and serves as Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, overseeing all legal issues for the organization. Before dedicating her time solely to the D-backs, she served as Associate General Counsel (2000-04) and VP and Associate General Counsel (2004-05) for the Phoenix Suns, D-backs, Phoenix Mercury, Arizona Rattlers, Chase Field, US Airways Center and Dodge Theater.
Lee is also active in the community and in the sports industry, currently serving on the board of directors and as a Past-President of the Sports Lawyers Association, a non-profit, international, professional organization whose common goal is the understanding, advancement and ethical practice of sports law. Lee also serves on the board of the National LGBTQ Bar Association, as well as on its Membership and D&I Committees. In addition, Lee is an Arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association’s Sports Law and Commercial Business Panels and is also a panelist on the NCAA’s Independent Resolution Panel. Lee also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Arizona State University’s Sports Law and Business Program. In addition, Lee serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University School of Law, and an Advisory Board Member for the Arizona Chapter of Women in Sports and Events (WISE). Lee also serves on the Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s-Next Council. She is the founder of the Phoenix Women’s Sports Association, an Arizona non-profit organization whose mission is to help girls and women find their power through sports. In addition, she has served on the board of the Women’s Sports Foundation in New York, a non-profit organization founded by Billie Jean King that is dedicated to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity, and currently serves as part of the Trustee Emeritus Group for the Women’s Sports Foundation. In the past, Lee also has served on the Board of the Phoenix Regional Sports Commission, the Pepperdine Athletic Board, the Board of Florence Crittenton, and the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Maricopa County.
Lee resides in Phoenix, Arizona with her wife, Andrea Martínez, and their dogs Jaz and Ripley.