James H. Lowry

Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group

James H. Lowry is a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group as well as a nationally recognized workforce and supplier diversity expert. He currently leads the firm’s workforce diversity, ethnic marketing and minority business development consulting practice. Prior to joining BCG, Jim had his own firm, James H. Lowry & Associates. In 1978, JHLA prepared the first major study on minority business enterprise development for The Department of Commerce entitled, New Strategy for Minority Business. In 2005, Lowry authored a new study entitled Realizing the New Agenda for Minority Business Development. Lowry has also held various positions with the U.S. Peace Corps including Associate Director in Lima, Peru. He later was the Assistant to the President of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. and was a Senior Associate for McKinsey & Company, serving in London, New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.