Kerry worked as a trial lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice for 10 years, handling criminal antitrust cases in Washington and Atlanta. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from UC Berkeley and a JD degree from UC Hastings. Since moving to New England, Kerry’s volunteer efforts have focused on the arts, education, and the environment. She taught as a gallery instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for five years. She served as co-chair of CA’s 2017–18 Parent Annual Fund and as president of CA Parents from 2018 to 2020, and she is a member of the school’s Centennial Campaign Steering Committee. She also sits on the council for EarthJustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm based in San Francisco. Kerry and her husband, Paul, live in Lincoln, Mass. They have two children, Martha ’14 and Samuel ’20.