State tourism director Lee Sentell is the longest serving member of an Alabama Governor’s Cabinet. His tenure has been concurrent with that of three governors. He is serving his 17th year. Lee’s writing background led him into tourism promotion. Sentell studied journalism at Auburn where he wrote for the Plainsman and served as managing editor under Jerry Brown, who later headed the journalism department for many years. After graduation, Lee wrote for a weekly newspaper in Birmingham before joining the Decatur Daily where he became city editor.

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