Andrew Bowman
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
New York,
NY
USA
Biographical Sketch: Since January 2010, Andrew Bowman has been the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s program director for the environment. In that capacity, he oversees all of environmental grant-making of the foundation. During his tenure at the foundation, he has developed and obtained approval of more than $100 million in grants. Bowman joined the foundation in January 2005 after moving from Portland, Oregon, where he practiced law in various capacities, including for the nonprofit organization Defenders of Wildlife and at the law firm Perkins Coie. Upon arriving at the foundation, he served as program officer for the Environment Program and helped administer program activities related to wildlife habitat conservation. In early 2007, he became the director of the foundation’s Climate Change Initiative – a five-year grants program focused on climate change mitigation – before transitioning into his current role. In 1995, Bowman earned a master's degree in city and regional planning from the University of California at Berkeley as well as a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. In 2003, he also received a Master of Law in environmental and natural resources law from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His undergraduate education was at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Truman Scholar. Andrew serves on the board of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity. He remains an active member of the Oregon State Bar.
Papers:
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Philanthropic Partner Approaches To Land Conservation - 1