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Frank
Lowenstein

Executive Director, Public Affairs

Frank Lowenstein is an executive director of Public Affairs at APCO. He headed the firm’s international Global Solutions Practice Group from 2017-2020, and now focuses on green energy and sustainability initiatives for corporate clients.

Frank is also vice president for Global Government Relations at SkyPower Global, an international utility scale solar developer. He is responsible for engaging with foreign governments and embassies to develop and advance solar projects around the world, as well as coordinating U.S. project and financing support in Washington and host countries.

He has over 15 years of experience at senior levels of the U.S. government, including serving as special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and senior advisor to Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State from 2014 until 2017. In 2016, he received the Distinguished Service Award, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State Department. Prior to joining the State Department, Frank served staff director and chief counsel of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he was responsible for Committee operations, managing a staff of over 30 and administering a multi-million dollar budget. He previously served as senior foreign policy advisor to Senator Kerry from 2005 until 2009.

Frank has extensive experience with U.S. government relations, including serving as a principal at a leading Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, where he advised corporate clients on strategy for engaging Congress and Executive Branch agencies.

From 2017-2020, Frank served as the founding executive director of the Kerry Initiative at Yale, a multi-dimensional program led by Secretary Kerry focused on climate change and U.S. foreign policy that included teaching a graduate class and hosting two major climate conferences.

Frank holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a juris doctorate degree from Boston College Law School.