Shebby Lee, CTP

Shebby Lee is President and CEO of Shebby Lee Tours, Inc., Rapid City, SD. With 33 years' experience in the group tour industry plus a background in historical academia, Shebby Lee lends her expertise to the production of quality interpretive tours for domestic and international visitors to the western United States. She is a Certified Tour Professional (CTP).

Ms. Lee is a long-time member of Westerners, International and former Sheriff of the Black Hills Corral in Sturgis, SD.  She is 2nd Vice President of the Frontier Heritage Alliance whose 5-state board promotes historic preservation and cultural heritage tourism at the grass roots level.  In 2008 she was elected President of the West River History Conference, held each fall in Rapid City, SD.

She has been a feature writer for Black Hills Magazine, South Dakota History, and the Rapid City GUIDE, and has written numerous historical research papers and two books. She has participated as a presenter or moderator at the Dakota History Conference in Sioux Falls, SD since 1979, as well as the Black Hills History Conference and its successor, the West River History Conference, and the Western History Association Conference. Ms. Lee served as a scriptwriter, producer, and director of multi-image productions for Magic Lantern Corporation of Rapid City, SD. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at numerous major national and regional professional association conferences.