ATURAL GIVERS N SUSAN LOWY HARLAN & ROBERT HARLAN
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BY RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE | PHOTO BY JOHN REVISKY
training programs for Goodwill’s team members
years. And she loves it.
Now that her husband Rob is retired from his career
as an airline pilot, he’s got time to pursue one of
his favorite things: enjoying the great outdoors.
Susan discovered his deep love for the outdoors
bike riding. She said she didn’t have a bike. “Don’t
day, bike riding is something they still do together,
riding three or four times per week. They’ve taken
organized bike tours through Europe and anytime
With Washington, DC in their rearview mirror,
Susan Lowy Harlan and Robert Harlan moved to
Sarasota in 1998. “DC is really for people in their
30s and 40s,” says Susan. “It’s great for young
people who are growing their careers. We’d also
had enough of the DC weather.”
But Susan didn’t come here to retire—she wanted
to put her background as an educator to work
with Goodwill Manasota, Inc., where she started
by tutoring children with learning disabilities
and helped the organization with literacy grants.
Before long, she started developing education and
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