Lee Lavinthal Forman

Background

Forman, Lee Lavinthal was born on February 22, 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Albert and Gladys Meyers Lavinthal.

Education

Bachelor, American University, 1971.

Career

Production artist Jones Composition Company, Bladensburg, Maryland, 1972—1973, Design House, Alexandria, Virginia, 1973—1975. Graphic designer John F. Holman Company, Washington, 1975—1977, Colortone Press, Washington, 1977, Wickham & Associates, Washington, 1978—1981. Freelance designer, 1977—1978.

Art director, designer Lee Forman Design, Alexandria, 1981—1990. Founder, trustee Museum Bags Foundation, McLean, from 1999.

Achievements

• Lee Lavinthal Forman has been listed as a noteworthy museum administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Ambassador Women's Center, Vienna, 1994—2000. Member McLean Citizens Association, from 1990. Vice president, president Junior Women's Club, McLean, 1990—1991.

Founder, president New Dominion Women's Club, 1991—1993. Member Oversight Committee on Drinking and Driving, Fairfax County, 1998—2003. Volunteer helpline National Alliance of Mentally Ill, Arlington, 2001—2003.

Member Greenway Heights Citizens Association, from 2000. Founder, director Women for L.F. Payne for Lieutenant Governor Virginia, 1997. Member Women's Leadership Forum, Democratic National Committee, Washington, 1997—1999, Temple Rodef Shalom Sisterhood, from 1988.

Board directors Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia, 1998—2000. Member of American Association Museums, Virginia Association Museums, Friends of the National Garden, Friends of Blair House, Capitol Speakers Club.

Interests

• Collecting bags, interior decorating, graphic design, horseback riding.

Connections

Married Howard Jay Forman, February 28, 1976. Children: Grant, Lauren.

Father:

Albert Lavinthal

Mother:

Gladys Meyers Lavinthal

Spouse:

Howard Jay Forman

child:

Grant Forman

child:

Lauren Forman