John Lowry worked at Burbank Housing, a successful Sonoma County nonprofit affordable housing company for 29 years. He started n 1984 as a project manager with a focus on mutual self-help housing.. and served as executive director from 1998 to 2012. Burbank has developed over 3600 homes and apartments, and manages almost 3000 apartments and employs about 140 people. A career in nonprofit housing gave him a chance to earn a living while doing something meaningful in the community. He has served on the boards of the non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, the California Coalition for Rural Housing and the local Home Builders Association. John is currently a board member of the local Habitat for Humanity and a member of the Sonoma County Planning Commission.
