Richard Lowery

Richard Lowery is an assistant professor of management and small business at Bowie State University in Bowie, MD. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia, Trinity College, and Marymount College of Virginia. In over 30 years of teaching, mainly at the undergraduate level but also the graduate level, Professor Lowery has taught business strategy, management, managerial decision-making, finance, small business finance, risk and venture capital, marketing, small business operations, entrepreneurship, operations management, organizational behavior, management of not-for-profit organizations, the business of music and entertainment, and human resources management. He maintains an independent management consulting and training practice in metropolitan Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD.

Mr. Lowery has also served as director of the Center for Applied Management and Entrepreneurship at Bowie State's Institute for Development and Entrepreneurship Advancement and as coordinator of the University's Entrepreneurship Development Program, which was recognized by the National Urban Council as the best program of its type in the country. Mr. Lowery has also written a weekly column, "The Small Business Corner," for a local newspaper. He has been a talk show host on business, economic and consumer topics on satellite radio.

He holds the MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a bachelor degree in marketing from Boston University.

Mr. Lowery's experience in management training and education includes the development and presentation of:

• Workshops on executive management, leadership, team-building, planning, and human resources management;
• Management skills courses in problem-solving and decision-making, project management, management analysis, and conflict resolution;
• Supervisory training and development programs;
• Marketing workshops for business project managers and for the U.S. Small Business Administration;
• Business plan and entrepreneurship development training and technical assistance;
• Marketing, finance, and strategy workshops for small business owners;
• Career strategy and development workshops; and
• Management and small business courses, curricula, and programs

In his current management consulting practice, he works with companies, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, managers, work units, and entrepreneurs. He often provides technical assistance and specialized management counsel, such as strategy formulation and development of business plans and financing packages