A Little About Me

and Lowen Baumgarten Consulting

Taking big ideas and making them easy to work with – that’s what I do. I’m a writer, producer, strategist and entrepreneur.

Through Lowen Baumgarten Consulting, I work with clients in the tech, aviation, finance and social sectors. I manage communications plans and create compelling content for publications, websites, social media and live events.

Lowen Baumgarten

Principal and Founder

For over 15 years, I’ve brought ideas to life with clarity and style, for companies that include Microsoft, Visa, PG&E, Cisco, PwC, Philips and HP. I’ve worked with tech startups, nonprofit groups, philanthropic foundations and venture firms.

I started as a freelance writer and today provide a variety of creative services. Since launching my business in 2010, I have partnered with PR firms, designers, web developers, photographers, videographers and creative agencies.

Before founding Lowen Baumgarten Consulting, I worked in the DC office of FleishmanHillard, a global PR agency. At FH, I specialized in public affairs for governments and multinationals.

I have a bachelor’s in international politics & economics from Georgetown University. No longer fluent, but I speak some Chinese, Spanish and French. I live in Oakland, Calif. and I love backpacking in the Sierras, trying out new coworking spaces and running around Lake Merritt.

WORK WITH ME

Favorite writers (non-fiction): Carl Sagan, Susan Sontag, Peggy Noonan, Christopher Hitchens

Favorite writers (fiction): John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Margaret Atwood, Ralph Ellison

Style Guides on my shelf: 4
Most dogeared: AP

Oxford comma: I gave it up, sadly

Unforgivable sins: Passive voice, parentheticals within parentheticals, redundancy

Favorite metrical foot: Amphibrach

Words that cost extra: Disruptive, dynamic, leverage (verb), spend (noun), innovation, learnings, sandbox, platform, paradigm