JAMES H. LOWRY

James H. Lowry joined The Boston Consulting Group in November 2000. He heads BCG’s workforce diversity, ethnic marketing, and minority business development consulting practice efforts. As president of its Chicago operation, he has been credited for his productive involvement in the North American Black Diversity Initiative, a program that fosters the development of African American management consultant professionals on college campuses and within the company.  Previous to his position with BCG,  he was President and CEO of his own firm, James H. Lowry & Associates, from 1975-2000. Prior to starting JHLA, he worked at a leading consulting firm in the area of Urban Affairs Development. In addition, he has served as host of two nationally syndicated TV programs: Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant and Minority Business Development.  Lowry was also an adjunct professor of diversity at Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School of Management, where he developed a lauded education program for minority business professionals in 2002.  A native Chicagoan, Lowry earned his BA in political science at Grinnell College and his MPA from the University of Pittsburgh. He also attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.