Kara Lowe joined Grinnell College as Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities, Equipment and Events in the winter of 2024-25.
She was most recently Director of Athletic Internal Operations at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont after serving as Coordinator of Athletic Facilities, Student-Workers and Events. She oversaw student-employees and facility management, serving as the liaison for the club rugby programs, and played a role in game day management. Lowe also facilitated all recreational programming for the Saint Michael's Accelerated Summer College program. Since 2019, she was on the Northeast-10 Conference Sport Administration Council.
A native of Crawfordsville, Iowa, Lowe attended WACO High School and later earned two degrees from the American Institute of Business (AIB) in Des Moines where she was also captain of the women’s basketball team. She was the Student Government Association's historian, vice president of community service for the Business Management Association and a Student Orientation staff leader. She earned induction into Phi Theta Kappa.
She then pursued her master's degree at Drake University in Des Moines while also serving as the university’s Recreation Facility Coordinator. She coordinated operations and maintenance aspects of tennis and fitness facilities, a pool, as well as an equipment room, and was charged with event setup and breakdown for all athletic events. Additionally, Lowe hired, trained and scheduled 70 student employees to staff the facilities. Lowe completed her master's in public administration, with an emphasis in nonprofit organizations, in 2013. She was also been inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for students of public administration.
Lowe later served as Athletic Facilities and Events Coordinator at Coe College in Cedar Rapids during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. Among her numerous responsibilities, Lowe managed the opening of a $20 million facility expansion and renovation, served as the liaison between Athletics and various campus departments, coordinated facility scheduling, oversaw business operations and transportation for all 21 Division III programs and managed the student staff.
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