Keli Lee was promoted to executive vice president, Casting, ABC Entertainment Television Group in June 2005. She had previously been senior vice president, Casting, ABC Entertainment Television Group, beginning August 2003.
Ms. Lee oversees all casting for the division, encompassing both ABC Television Network and ABC Television Studio series produced for other broadcast entities. Series under her oversight include “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scrubs.”
Ms. Lee is also involved in the company’s diversity efforts. In partnership with the ABC Talent Development Programs, she produces the Casting Project Actors Showcase series, which provide actors from around the country the opportunity to be seen by casting directors, agents, managers and other creative industry professionals.
She moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to become director, Casting, for Touchstone Television & Walt Disney Network Television, supervising such shows as “Ellen,” “Boy Meets World,” “Popular” and “Home Improvement.” She was promoted to vice president, Casting, in 1997, then became vice president, Casting, ABC Entertainment Television Group in 1999.
Ms. Lee first joined ABC Entertainment in NY in 1991 and was named associate director, Casting, Primetime, East Coast, in 1994.
In 1995 she cast the winter/spring season of one acts & plays at Naked Angels Theatre Company.
Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in New York, Ms. Lee is a graduate of New York University. She currently resides in Los Angeles.