Lyah Beth LeFlore, 38, is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and holds a B.A. in Communications Media from Stephens College.  In May 2005 she became the youngest member of the Stephens College Board of Trustees, and only the second African American to be appointed to the Board in the college’s history.  She is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.

In 1991, LeFlore began her television career as the assistant to the VP of Programming at Nickelodeon.  Three years later, she became the Director of Development at Uptown Entertainment/Universal TV and helped develop the critically acclaimed FOX TV drama “NY Undercover,” a co-venture with Wolf Films.  She went on to work with the Emmy-award winning television producer Dick Wolf as the hit series’ Associate Producer for three seasons.  In 1995, she was profiled in Essence Magazine’s 25th Anniversary issue, as one of the “25 To Watch Under 25.”

Two seasons later, LeFlore left “Undercover” to join forces with entertainment mogul Alan Haymon’s Haymon Development as VP of Television Production and Development.  During more than a ten year tenure she oversaw the development of over a dozen half-hour and one-hour network television prime-time projects.  Additional television production credits include: Consultant – “Midnight Mac,” an HBO late night comedy series starring Bernie Mac; Development Executive. – “Between Brothers” (FOX) and “Lawless” (FOX); Producer – “Grown Ups” (UPN);  Producer – “Off Limits” (UPN).