A New Meaning-Mission Fit / Future of Business and Finance (PDF)

Michelle French-Holloway is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Business Administration at Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles. She teaches courses in management, leadership, and organizational behavior. Dr. French-Holloway's professional experience includes over twenty years in strategic marketing consulting for clients in the entertainment and technology industries and in the non-profit space, public relations and sales in the fashion industry, and fund development in the non-profit sector. Her research interests include leadership, meaning and calling in work, and effectiveness in faith-based organizations. Recently, Dr. French-Holloway published the chapter Teaching Creativity and Spiritual Meaning Using Insights from Neurobiology in The Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation. She is a Past Chair of the Management, Spirituality and Religion Interest Group of the Academy of Management and Immediate Past President of the Management Faculty of Color Association. She is a frequent speaker for conferences such as the International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion Conference; the International Critical Management Conference; and the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference. She recently served as a Research Fellow with the Center for Church Management at the Villanova School of Business. Dr. French-Holloway lives in Southern California with her husband Mark and their growing aquatic turtle.