Managing Director & Partner
Chicago
Kedra Newsom is a core member of the Financial Institutions and Social Impact practices at Boston Consulting Group. She also serves as the Chicago office lead for the firm’s Diversity Cadre.
Since joining BCG in 2009, Kedra has focused her work on the financial services sector and on K-12 public education. She has acquired deep experience working in operations strategy for asset management and asset-servicing firms. In the education space, she has spearheaded the development of a statewide report card for Illinois schools and a strategy development project for the University of Chicago Charter School network.
Prior to joining BCG, Kedra was a software development and IT strategy analyst at Merrill Lynch.
White families in the United States have a median wealth nearly 10 times greater than that of Black families. BCG Managing Director & Partner Kedra Newsom Reeves explores this racial wealth inequality, and outlines how financial institutions can support Black Americans.
BCG’s analysis uncovers the reasons for the large disparity in the number of deaths for white people and for people of color in the US.