YW Boston will honor Rebecca A. Lee, a Member of the Real Estate practice at Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C., at its 2017 Academy of Women Achievers Luncheon. The Academy of Women Achievers Luncheon is held to “recognize and honor some of Boston’s brightest, boldest, bravest and most influential women.” This year’s theme is “Unstoppable Women Changing Boston.”

YW Boston has been at the forefront of advancing gender and racial equality in Boston for more than 150 years. YW Boston’s mission is to “eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice freedom and dignity for all” by bringing communities together through a wide variety of social outreach and advocacy programs.

Ms. Lee represents corporations, developers, lenders and nonprofit organizations in a range of real estate matters, including financing, leasing, the procurement of entitlements, property dispositions, condominium creation, site acquisitions and assemblages, and related tax incentive transactions. She has extensive experience relating to land use and development permitting in the Greater Boston area. Ms. Lee is active in the community, serving as a member of the WGBH Finance Committee; the Boston Harbor Now Advisory Board; and the Asian Community Development Corporation Board of Directors.

Ms. Lee will be recognized at an awards ceremony luncheon on June 26 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.