Keri Lowry has 20+ years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She is the Vice President of Global Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a 2026 Presidential Leadership Scholar. Prior to joining the Wilson Center, she was Chief of Staff & Chief Operating Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. She was previously at Guidehouse as Associate Director of National Security & Foreign Policy and has served extensively across the U.S. Government. Her roles include the Director of Government Affairs and External Relations at the National Commission on Military, National & Public Service; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Exchanges at the Department of State; Regional Director for Asia, Europe & Middle East at the U.S. Peace Corps; Director for International Economics & Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council; and, in numerous senior roles at the U.S. Agency for International Development. She has managed international programs at nongovernmental organizations and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso.
Ms. Lowry is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and on the Board of Directors for the National Peace Corps Association, the Society for International Development, and the Children’s Guild. In addition, she is on the Advisory Council of the National Museum and Center for Service and is Deputy Regional Director of the Chief of Staff Association. She is a proud Michigander and resides with her family in Washington, DC.