Selfless, driven and community oriented, Shelley Lowe graduated as valedictorian of the Barren County High School Class of 1998. She continued her hard work at Western Kentucky University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations in 2002.
Since 2008, Shelley has been the marketing coordinator at Bowling Green Municipal Utilities, where she serves as event planner for company events, designs and distributes company publications and communicates with customers through various media channels including BGMU’s website, print and radio advertisements, public service announcements, press releases, bill stuffers and social media.
Shelley is actively involved in her church, Broadway United Methodist, and many community organizations. She’s served on Kappa Delta’s House Corporation, Bowling Green Junior Woman’s Club, the CASA Board of Directors and has been an active member of the PTO at Potter Gray Elementary. She serves on Bowling Green Independent School District’s Community Advisory Committee and is an active member of PMA.
Additionally, Shelley has been a Junior Achievement classroom volunteer since 2009, is a 2014 Leadership Bowling Green graduate and has been a South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block board member since 2014, where she currently chairs two fundraising events—Dash for Sheldon, a free kids run in Barren County, and Points for Puppets, a tennis tournament in its inaugural year.
Shelley and her husband, Bill, adopted their son in 2011. Davis is a heart transplant recipient, a stroke survivor and is on the autism spectrum. Shelley fundraises for the American Heart Association and has been active in LifeSkills Run for Autism events. She also served on the planning committee for the first annual New Year’s Eve Gala to raise funds for the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex, which serves individuals who have special needs.
Bowling Green is a better community because of Shelley’s giving spirit.