Brooke Lee is a fourth-generation family owner of Anchor Paper, a more than century-old paper and packaging products distributor in St. Paul, where she has served as CEO for 10 years. A collaborative leader, Lee is known for her forward-thinking strategy and empathy. And she has the results to show for it: Anchor Paper has grown 34% during her tenure as CEO, even with paper (the company’s core product base) declining in demand 2–9% every year for more than a decade running. Under Lee’s leadership, the company has worked to bolster the paper side of the business as well as grow the packaging division share. Lee chairs the manufacturing committee for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and is board president of the Association of Independent Printing Paper Merchants, a secretary on the Minnehaha Academy Board of Trustees, and an executive committee member at St. Paul nonprofit Spare Key.