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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2025 · 41 MIN

Betsy Lowe, MRP ’80, is Founder of the Wild Center, the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks

from Big Red Podcast 🐻🎙️ · host Tony Chen ’12

Betsy Lowe, MRP ’80, is Founder of the Wild Center, the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks!! we chatted about:- building grassroots support, political support, and raising $30m to build the Museum- how the museum grew over time, by adding more exhibits, and growing the membership- the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, and the importance of public service(0:00) NY State and Adirondacks (13:00) Starting the Wild Center (17:44) Building grassroots and political support (22:42) Wild Center experience (27:12) How to get good at fundraising (33:13) Building the initial team (35:29) Graduating from Cornell and career path (40:32) Closing question

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