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including Tommy Hilfiger Foundation, Rolex Corporation, and The Habitat (Malay - sia). I have served on multiple non-profit boards with education or sustainability missions: The Explorers Club, Earthwatch Institute, San Francisco Urban Tree Council, Ecological Society of America, Pacific Forest Trust, New College of Flor - ida, Leadership Florida, Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Scien - tific American, National Science Foundation Advisory Committees, Environmental Change Institute (Oxford University), National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), and Williams College. I actively pursue bottom-up conservation activities including community initiatives for schools, corporations, and teams to manage local resources more sustainably: climate change advisor to the Florida cabinet, local tree planting programs in mul - tiple countries, science book distribution to African and Amazonian school kids, and citizen science activities for communities. I love speaking to all ages - which I refer to as “K-thru-gray” – ranging from webinars, commencement addresses, to “meet-a-scientist” for youth. My academic training includes Williams College (BA, Biology); Aberdeen University (MSc, Ecology); Sydney University (Ph.D., Botany); Tuck School of Business (Executive Management Program), and Stanford Uni - versity (Aldo Leopold Leadership Program). I was selected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar to both India and Ethiopia. My outside interests are diverse. I am the proud mother of two wonderful boys who grew up climbing trees around the world with their scientist-mom. Carolyn Shoe - maker named an asteroid after me, comprising 16 acres circling Jupiter (16304 Lowman). My exploration across 46 countries has exposed me to amazing insects, including a love of “entomophagy” (yes, cooking bugs!). I enjoy birding, beaches, reading non-fiction books, and “all things nature,” with a personal motto of “no child left indoors.”
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