About UHC

Lee Bouchard

Executive Director, Interim Director of Communications & Volunteer Coordinator

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Lee Bouchard has been serving Urban Habitat Chicago as Director of Communications for the past year, and is currently transitioning into UHC’s Executive Director role. She is also a volunteer for Operation Frontline, a child hunger and nutrition program, and a member of their advisory board. In 2009 she also taught theater production in a troubled Chicago high school, through a residency with American Mosaic. Lee is a strong advocate for developing environmentally, socially, and economically healthy neighborhoods. In autumn 2009, she audited five classes in economics and community development at the University of Illinois Chicago, in the College of Urban Planning.

Before moving to Chicago in July 2008, Lee worked as an architect in France, China, and Canada, where she founded Architecture for Humanity Toronto. in 2003. She designed multi-family residential developments in all three countries, in addition to museum exhibits, theater sets, and other building types. She has also worked in North and West Africa, and elsewhere in Europe and Asia. She holds a certificate in urban planning, in addition to professional degrees in Architecture from France and the U.S. Lee is also a strong cycling and fitness advocate, and teaches dance-fitness to seniors and youth.