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Lorie Karnath MBA, Ph.D. hon, FRGS

Lorie Karnath is a fellow, member of the board of directors and chair of the Executive and Development Committees, for The Explorers Club. She is involved in numerous philanthropic activities, focusing much of these efforts on the realm of science and education. She has conceived and implemented many programs around the world, which foster creativity, discovery and the sciences. Lorie also participates on numerous international scientific and educational boards.

An explorer, she has traveled the world in search of answers to some of the planet's most elusive questions.

She is also a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and a founding member of the RGS Hong Kong branch. She has led several Explorers Club flag expeditions, including one that followed the migration of the white storks, and following this helped to establish a sanctuary for these birds in Northern Germany.

Lorie and her husband, Robert Roethenmund, a long time Explorers Club member, have helped to foster schools and orphanages in Myanmar and a hospital in northern China. In addition Lorie is a lecturer and author of many international articles and books, including "Nobel Journey", the children's book on science "Wohin geht die Sonne, wenn ich schlafe (Where Does the Sun Go While I Sleep?), "Eine kurze Geschichte des Vermessens" (A Short Story on Measurement) and "The Return of the Storks". She received her MBA from INSEAD as well as was conferred an honorary Ph.D. She resides in Germany and the US.

Lorie Karnath, MBA, Ph.D. hon, FRGS is also served as Chair of the 2009 Explorers Club Annual Dinner, which took place on March 21, she began her term as President on March 22, 2009.

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