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Charlotte Ekker Wiggins has a master's degree in Management from Webster University, St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science special major in Broadcasting and World Affairs from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
Provisional Master Beekeeper, University of Nebraska Lincoln, June 2021.
Master Gardener Emeritus, University of Missouri, January 2021.
More About Charlotte
Charlotte Ekker Wiggins has a master's degree in Management from Webster University, St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science special major in Broadcasting and World Affairs from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
Provisional Master Beekeeper, University of Nebraska Lincoln, June 2021.
Master Gardener Emeritus, University of Missouri, January 2021.
- 2021 Heroes to Hives Missouri Chapter Military Advisor.
- Missouri State Beekeeping Association (MSBA) American Beekeeping Federation delegate 2021.
- Elected January 2020 to Missourians for Monarchs Collaborative Steering Committee.
- Missouri State Beekeeping Association's partnership liaison since December 2018.
- Charlotte's Beginning Beekeeping Classes January and February 2020, as well as her books, are Great Plains Master Beekeeping program approved towards master beekeeper certification.
- Steering committee member and contributing author Missouri's Master Pollinator Steward program.
- TEDx Missouri S&T April 11, 2019 Beekeeping: Why Bugs Matter.
- Heartland Apicultural Society's July 11-13, 2018 17th annual beekeeping conference public relations chair at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Slow Food USA delegate to the 2016 Terra Madre world conference in Turin, Italy.
- Retired from USDA Forest Service in 2015 after a 30-year public affairs career.
- MSBA Beekeeper of the Year 2015 for helping to change Missouri's honey labelling laws.
- Founder Rolla Bee Club in 2014 to support students from her annual beginning beekeeping classes.
- In 2009, Charlotte retired from a 21-year award-winning public affairs career with US Navy.
- Elected Rolla City Council member 1999-2007.
- Bluebird Gardens, a custom online gift business, launched in 1998.
- Charlotte's other associations include:
Garden Communicators International; Authors Guild: Sisters in Crime; American Beekeeping Federation; Missouri Writers Guild; St. Louis Publishers Association; Greater St. Louis Sisters in Crime Chapter; Missouri Master Gardeners Association; Missouri State Beekeepers Association; Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri Prairie Foundation; Eastern Mo. Beekeepers Association; Three Rivers Beekeepers, Arts Rolla and Rolla Bee Club.
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