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.
Elected Governing Chair, Great Plains Master Beekeeping Governing Committee, June 2, 2023.
Missouri State Beekeepers Association Lifetime Achievement Award October 2022.
Certified Master Beekeeper, University of Nebraska Lincoln, September 2022.
Acting Governing Committee Chair, Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, since January 2022.
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.
Elected Governing Chair, Great Plains Master Beekeeping Governing Committee, June 2, 2023.
Missouri State Beekeepers Association Lifetime Achievement Award October 2022.
Certified Master Beekeeper, University of Nebraska Lincoln, September 2022.
Acting Governing Committee Chair, Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, since January 2022.
Master Gardener Emeritus, University of Missouri, January 2021.
- 2021-2022 Heroes to Hives Missouri Chapter Military Advisor.
- Missouri State Beekeeping Association American Beekeeping Federation delegate 2021-2022.
- Elected January 2020 to Missourians for Monarchs Collaborative Steering Committee.
- Missouri State Beekeeping Association's Partnership Liaison December 2018 - July 2022.
- Charlotte's Beginning Beekeeping Classes, 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.
- Mo State Beekeepers Association 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; National Garden Bureau; Authors Guild: Sisters in Crime; 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; Three Rivers Beekeepers, Arts Rolla and Rolla Bee Club.
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