Adam Lowe

Adam Lowe joined ESG as a Director to lead projects strengthening the transition from high school to college in 2023. Adam began collaborating with ESG in 2018, providing policy advising and technical assistance to clients on postsecondary transitions and alignment of K12 and higher education sectors. Adam’s work at ESG has centered around postsecondary enrollment strategies and pathways to postsecondary success. He advises state and regional clients on strategy development, policy design, stakeholder engagement, and conducting data analysis to inform policy. Adam has led Accelerate ED, a community of 25+ regions across the nation building accelerated pathways to degrees and careers.

Prior to joining ESG, Adam has applied his analytical and stakeholder engagement skills to facilitate institutional change and improvement across all levels of K12 and higher education initiatives at the local, district, state, and national levels.

Adam served as the first Executive Director of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) – leading the professional association and program accreditor through a period of rapid growth and transition over his 9 year tenure. Prior to joining NACEP, Adam spent a decade as an education consultant for a variety of universities, nonprofit organizations and state and federal agencies in Washington, D.C.; Indiana, and North Carolina. He supported high school innovation and scale-up of the New Tech and Early College models in Indiana, managed statewide stakeholder engagement processes on college transitions and career readiness, and assisted charter school authorizers in developing appropriate quality assurance mechanisms. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from Indiana University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University.

Why are you in this work?

I enjoy providing meaningful opportunities for diverse and disparate groups of stakeholders to join together in a common goal of breaking down institutional barriers to student success. I’m convinced that increased higher education attainment for all students produces a more equitable, just, and economically thriving society – and strive to contribute to that future.

Why ESG?

ESG’s tagline says it all – achieving greater impact. Institutional change is hard, and ESG has a track record of providing critical external support, expertise, and solutions to enable talented people working within the system to drive improvement in student outcomes.