Bouyea joined the FreshTracks team as an Associate in September 2005, was promoted to Principal in July 2006, then to Managing Director in June 2007. In his capacity as Managing Director of FreshTracks, Bouyea currently serves on the Boards of Vermedx, NEHP, and is Chair of the Board at Draker Labs.  Lee also formerly served on the Boards of mophie & Kluster, currently known as Quirky Inc. 

Bouyea’s professional background includes marketing, product and business development experience working for eBay, Nextel Communications and for the venture-backed startup Ebates.com.  Lee is a native of Burlington, VT where his family owned and operated Bouyea-Fassetts Bakery for three generations. Bouyea-Fassetts successfully sold its assets to the Freihofer Baking Co. in 1989, a wholly owned subsidiary of Philip Morris Inc.

Bouyea graduated from Colgate University in 1997 and earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 2005. While at Dartmouth, Lee was selected to be a Fellow at Tuck’s Center for Digital Strategies, where his studies focused on the Digital Media industry.

Lee is an active member of the Vermont community and serves on the Board of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce (LCRCC), and as Secretary for Burlington City Arts.  He was also a graduating member of the Leadership Champlain Class of 2009.  Bouyea serves on the Vermont Tech Council and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Vermont Investors Forum.  Lee is also a member of the Vermont Business Roundtable.