Derek Lowry, MPP, PMP

Derek Lowry has been a project manager and implementation specialist on several reentry-focused projects. Derek Lowry led a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funded Buffalo, NY project that included a systems-based approach and sequential-mapping report. He has worked with many grantees receiving funding through the Second Chance Act, and he has worked in partnership with sites awarded Second Chance Pell waivers to expand post-secondary education into carceral settings. Derek currently works for WestEd and has previously completed project management and policy work for the Vera Institute of Justice, Council of State Governments, Community Resources for Justice, Propel Philanthropy, and others.

Derek has authored reports for BJA, created GIS-products that document racial equity, and been the co-director of a direct-service reentry nonprofit based out of the Southeast. Derek holds a Master of Public Policy degree in poverty alleviation from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. He is PMP certified through the Project Management Institute (PMI).