Kerry Bowie

Kerry Bowie is the Managing Partner of Msaada Partners and President and Executive Director of the Majira Project. Msaada is Swahili for "service", and the strategy firm empowers social impact through consulting, coaching, and connecting. Majira is Swahili for "summer'', so in a nod to the growing season the nonprofit accelerator program and innovator support organization helps small to medium enterprises and startups grow with a mission of community development through entrepreneurship.

Kerry also leads Browning the Green Space which is a group of cross-sector leaders striving to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in clean energy and beyond. Kerry works at the nexus of social, economic, and environmental justice and has more than 20 years of experience in private, public, and nonprofit management.

In addition to holding leadership positions at his church, Kerry is a Food Solutions New England Trailblazer, mentors and teaches startup firms as part of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service and the New England Regional Innovation Node, and serves on the Black Innovation Alliance Leadership Team, Boston Ujima Project Investment Committee, MIT Alumni Association Board of Directors, MIT Sloan Affinity Groups Alumni Advisory Council, SI Ventures Advisory Board, and the Board of Museum Advisors of the Museum of Science.

Kerry holds bachelors and masters degrees in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Michigan, respectively, as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Kerry lives in Somerville, MA with his wife, Sherri-Ann, and two daughters, Alexis and Sophia.