Rod Lowman Email and Phone Number

Our Mission for You: The Lowman Group, LLC, (TLG) provides unique strategic guidance and management support to companies and industries to grow and protect markets and manage public policy issues.Rod Lowman leverages more than 20 years of product-sector and commodity advocacy experience and an extensive network to help clients increase the awareness and appreciation of their products’ unique benefits among targeted customers, policy makers, non-governmental stakeholders and consumers… Show more Our Mission for You: The Lowman Group, LLC, (TLG) provides unique strategic guidance and management support to companies and industries to grow and protect markets and manage public policy issues.Rod Lowman leverages more than 20 years of product-sector and commodity advocacy experience and an extensive network to help clients increase the awareness and appreciation of their products’ unique benefits among targeted customers, policy makers, non-governmental stakeholders and consumers. Rod works successfully with companies and industry groups ‘from the ground up’ on governance structure, strategic communications initiatives and public policy priorities…whether facilitating new industry group formation or helping to solve existing organizational and strategic issues. Show less

Served as 'start-up' consultant and founding President & CEO of new Natural Gas industry group. Led development and implementation of national strategic communications and government relations advocacy programs with signifcant measurable impact within six months for largest independent natural gas producers.

Served as 'start-up' consultant and founding President for new forests and forest products industry group. Provided strategic communications guidance and implementation of highly successful, very targeted national marketing campaign, working with industry presidents and CEOs Board of Directors, national public relations and advertising agencies and market research firms. Campaign awarded 'Public Affairs Campaign of the Year - 2007' by PR Week.

Concurrently served as President of the American Plastics Council, Inc., and Executive Vice President of the American Chemistry Council, Inc. (ACC). At ACC (1) led development of the initial 'Chemistry Essential2' national communications campaign (over $20 million), working with national ad agencies, marketing research firms; (2) led major strategic review & restructuring of industry stewardship program and campaign, 'Responsible Care'; and (3) managed all public relations/media efforts.

Part of initial start-up team for new major plastics industry trade association, initially serving as VP Government Affairs (Federal, State & International). Developed and managed highly successful advocacy and grassroots programs. Advanced to EVP and Chief Staff Officer in 1998, then became President in 2001.APC's national communciations and advocacy campaign is the 'gold standard' against which other industry and issue campaigns are measured. From serving as a 'Case Study' for the… Show more Part of initial start-up team for new major plastics industry trade association, initially serving as VP Government Affairs (Federal, State & International). Developed and managed highly successful advocacy and grassroots programs. Advanced to EVP and Chief Staff Officer in 1998, then became President in 2001.APC's national communciations and advocacy campaign is the 'gold standard' against which other industry and issue campaigns are measured. From serving as a 'Case Study' for the Harvard Business School, to serving as a 'model' in advertising and public relations text books, the 'plastics campaign' helped move over 50 million Americans to a more positive perception of plastics, based on highly sophisticated values-based market research, and highly successful integrated communications, advocacy and technical solutions programs. APC won many awards for the overall effectiveness of the campaign, specific advertising and for its website. Show less