E-mail this pageTechnical Assistance Center Staff - Howard Lowe
Director of Economic Development
Howard Lowe is the Director of Economic Development at Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, New York, where he has headed the Technical Assistance Center (TAC), since June 2002.
Economic development is Mr. Lowe's second career. He spent 30 years in the broadcasting industry, starting with positions at the CBS and PBS affiliates in Boston, and later served as a senior manager with public television and radio stations in Sacramento, Long Island, Omaha, and finally Plattsburgh, New York, where he was president of the PBS station. He is an award-winning director, producer, and executive producer of nationally distributed public television and radio programs. He created one of the Internet's first community portals, which received a national award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1995.
Mr. Lowe's expertise is in project management, telecommunications, fund raising, media content production, marketing, and economic development. He has published articles in Strictly Business, The Adirondack Explorer, and the Encyclopedia of New York State.
Mr. Lowe holds a BA from Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, an MS from Syracuse University in Television-Radio-Film, and an Executive MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in International Marketing.
Contact Howard Lowe
E-mail:loweha@plattsburgh.edu