Terry Lowe Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided individualized customer service and education to highly varied clientele, based on in-depth engagement to understand clients’ needs. Built rapport, positioned options, and cooperatively developed solutions. Offered technical assistance for hardware and software questions. Strong team player, effective in fast-paced environment that requires careful attention to detail and balancing multiple priorities.

Oakland, Ca

Consulting services focused on fundraising, program development, communications, evaluation, & strategic planning. Sample projects include fundraising for The Help Group (Los Angeles) grants management for Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco), and white paper development for Applied Research Works (Palo Alto).

Greater Los Angeles Area

Member of senior leadership team that launched UCLA Family Commons, an interdisciplinary wellness center for family behavioral health. Took part in all aspects of organizational start-up, including visioning, strategic planning, fundraising, program development, & information management. Adapted model for school-based implementation in low-income, immigrant neighborhood. Responsibilities included fundraising, project management, and communications & marketing. Core member of team that raised over $30M for family wellness, HIV prevention, maternal & child health.

Nevada City, Ca

Member of management team at community foundation dedicated to environmental protection of the Sierra Nevada. Worked with foundations, donor-advised funds, & sponsored projects to direct strategic conservation investments in the Sierra & beyond.

Worked with nonprofit and philanthropic clients that included the Tides Foundation, Common Counsel Foundation, Juma Ventures, Asians & Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health, Communities for a Better Environment, Defining Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Business Alliance, National Center for the Early Childhood Work Force, Neighborhood Funders Group.

San Francisco Bay Area

Evaluated organizations & grantmaking strategies in areas of civic participation & economic justice. Managed Media & Community Project, working with San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department to analyze & publicize local news media’s coverage of communities of color. Led three-day conference to mark Foundation’s close, framing discussion & evaluation of 20 years of accomplishments & future directions for social change.

B.A., Philosophy

M.A. & Ph.D., Philosophy