Lindsey Martin-Dow

Lindsey Martin-Dow serves as Chief Development Officer for the Steamboat Institute, bringing more than 12 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, community development, public policy, and strategic partnerships. In this role, she works to strengthen donor relationships and expand support for the Institute’s programs and mission.

Lindsey previously served as the Institute’s first Emerging Leaders Council Program Director from 2022 to 2025, helping develop and grow a national network of approximately 45 young professionals. She coordinated leadership programming, mentorship opportunities, and policy discussions, along with the annual Washington, D.C. Leadership Summit and Emerging Leaders Council participation in the Freedom Conference.

Before returning to the Institute, Lindsey directed the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust’s Healthy Living and IMPACT Network programs through Volunteers for Youth in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Her work brought together municipal leaders, schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to advance community improvements and public health initiatives. She oversaw grant administration, budgets, strategic planning, communications, and partnerships, helping position Rogers County for selection as one of five counties statewide invited to participate in the IMPACT Network.

Her earlier experience includes project management and membership development with Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma and serving as Finance Director and Scheduler for Todd Hiett’s successful 2014 campaign for Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which raised more than $400,000.

Lindsey’s community leadership includes serving as President of the Rogers County Tourism Interlocal Cooperative, Leadership Tulsa Board of Directors, and The Salvation Army Tulsa Area Command Advisory Board.

Lindsey graduated magna cum laude from Rogers State University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and a minor in Public Administration and is a graduate of the university’s Honors Program. She has participated in the American Enterprise Institute’s inaugural Leadership Network Millennial Cohort and America 250 Program, the State Policy Network’s Generation Liberty Fellowship, and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs’ J. Rufus Fears Fellowship. In 2025, she was named the Claremore Chamber’s Leading Lady of the Year.

She lives in Claremore, Oklahoma, with her husband, Brooks.