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Linda Low is a Director at APCO and is based in Seattle. She specializes in communications and advocacy for social impact and is a member of the firm’s West Coast team. At APCO, Linda provides strategic counsel to U.S. and global clients ranging from Foundations to international non-governmental organizations to corporate ESG teams. She is passionate about facilitating inclusive stakeholder engagement, lifting community voices, and mobilizing for social impact.
Previously, Linda led communications and advocacy for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent across multiple markets in response to global health emergencies, natural and human-made disasters, and migration crises. In the U.S., she has transformed communications functions at government agencies in service to communities. She also led marketing communications initiatives for corporations and public-private partnerships in Canada including a multi-government agency which won the rights for Canada to host the Olympics.
Linda is a Board member at Build 2 Lead, a non-profit organization advancing educational outcomes and systems change in partnership with students of color. She is also president of the Global Partners in Peace Rotary Club convening conflict resolution and development practitioners across 20 countries. Linda holds a Master of International Development Policy from Duke University and is a former Peace Fellow at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center.