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Chris Lowney

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Chris Lowney (born 1958) is an American writer, public speaker, and leadership consultant. He is a board member of WittKieffer[1] and former chair of the Board of CommonSpirit Health,[2] America's second largest health system[3] with $37 billion in annual revenue. He was formerly a managing director of J.P. Morgan.

Biography

Born in New York City, Lowney attended Regis High School,[4] a Jesuit institution in Manhattan, and then entered a Jesuit novitiate. He completed a B.A. in history and an M.A. in philosophy at Fordham University (both in 1981) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He left the Jesuit seminary in 1983 and worked at JP Morgan from 1983 to 2001. At Morgan, he was an investment banker to Fortune 1000 companies and, later, a managing director in Tokyo and Singapore, where he served on Morgan's Asia-Pacific management committee. Later, as a managing director in London, he served on Morgan's Europe, Mideast, and Africa management committee.[5]

After leaving Morgan in 2001, Lowney authored six books and co-authored three more. He has delivered talks and conferences on leadership, decision-making, and business ethics throughout the U.S. and in Spain,[6] France, Australia,[7] Argentina, Uruguay,[8] Colombia,[9] Indonesia, and many other countries.

He is a board member of WittKieffer, an executive search and leadership advisory firm. He is a former chair of the Board of CommonSpirit Health, America's second-largest nonprofit health system with some $37 billion in annual revenue.[10] He also chairs the board of Commonweal Magazine.[11]

Lowney founded Pilgrimage for Our Children's Future,[12] which funds education and healthcare projects in the developing world. He helped launch Jesuit Commons-Higher Education at the Margins, which offers university-level education in refugee camps.[13] He conceived and co-founded Contemplative Leaders in Action, a young adult leadership formation program active in seven cities.[14]

Personal life

Lowney is Catholic.

Awards

Lowney has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Sacred Heart University,[15] Loyola University of Maryland,[16] Gonzaga University,[17] St. Louis University,[18] the University of Scranton,[19] the University of Great Falls, and Marymount Manhattan College, Chestnut Hill College,[20] Wheeling Jesuit University,[21] and Fairfield University,[22] and Albertus Magnus College.[23]

He was named a miembro honorario del claustro at Peru's Universidad del Pacifico,[24] was 2009 commencement speaker at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines,[25] was 2024 Master's degree commencement speaker at Deusto University in Spain,[26] and delivered the 2012 JRD Tata Oration at XLRI in India.[27]

Publications

Lowney has contributed columns on leadership for Forbes[28] and for Aleteia.[29] His other authored works include:

  • Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World (Loyola Press, 2003);[5] number-one ranked bestseller of the CBPA and has been translated into eleven languages. The book was named to the Reading List of the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.[30] A companion book, The Heroic Leadership Workbook,[31] was published in 2025 (Loyola Press).
  • A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain (Free Press, 2005; Oxford University Press, 2006);[32] nominated for La Corónica award.
  • Heroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change the World (2010)[33]
  • Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads (2013)[34]
  • Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church (2017) The book won 2nd place in its category in the 2018 Catholic Press Association Awards[35]
  • Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life (and World) (2018)[36] won a 2018 Independent Press Award as a Distinguished Favorite in the Inspiration category and a 2019 Independent Press Award for Self-Help: Spiritual.[37] The book also won a gold medal in the 2019 Illumination Awards[38] and Make Today Matter is a Finalist in the Self-Help: Motivational category of the 2019 International Book Awards.[39]
  • Official Guide to the Camino Ignaciano, new updated edition, co-authored with Jose Luis Iriberri, S.J. (Jesuit Sources, 205)[40]
  • On the Ignatian Way, co-authored with Jose Luis Iriberri, S.J. (2018) [41]

References

  1. Back to citation "WittKieffer Announces New Board Member Chris Lowney". WittKieffer. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  2. Back to citation "Lassiter named CEO of CommonSpirit Health". April 28, 2022.
  3. Back to citation Muoio, Dave (June 23, 2025). "Top 10 nonprofit health systems by 2024 operating revenue". www.fiercehealthcare.com. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  4. Back to citation Eileen Wirth, They Made All the Difference: Life-Changing Stories from Jesuit High Schools (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2007), 29
  5. Back to citation occurrence 5.0 Back to citation occurrence 5.1 "The Secrets of Jesuit Leadership". Knolwdge@Wharton. June 1, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  6. Back to citation "Chris Lowney: Self-awareness, heroism, ingenuity and love are the four pillars of successful leadership". esade.edu. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  7. Back to citation "Speaker: Chris Lowney". thesydneyinstitute.com.au. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  8. Back to citation "Conferencia – Chris Lowney: "¿Qué pueden aprender los líderes del siglo XXI de los jesuitas del siglo XVI?". isede.edu.uy. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  9. Back to citation "Conferencistas: Chris Lowney". wujacongress2013.com. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  10. Back to citation "CommonSpirit Health Announces FY2022 Year End Results". September 23, 2022.
  11. Back to citation "Commonweal Foundation Board of Directors | Commonweal Magazine". www.commonwealmagazine.org. April 8, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  12. Back to citation "Our History". pocf.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  13. Back to citation "About Us". jc-hem.org. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  14. Back to citation "Contemplative Leaders in Action". jesuit-collaborative.org. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  15. Back to citation Heart, Sacred (April 15, 2024). "SHU Announces 2024 Commencement Speakers". Sacred Heart University.
  16. Back to citation "Author, social entrepreneur, and international speaker Chris Lowney named Loyola University Maryland's 2023 Commencement speaker". www.loyola.edu. February 27, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  17. Back to citation "Commencement 2009 split between two weekends, May 9" (PDF). gonzaga.edu. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  18. Back to citation "Saint Louis University to Celebrate Commencement May 20 at Savvis Center". slu.edu. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  19. Back to citation "Bestselling Author to Be Honored at New Student Convocation". scranton.edu. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  20. Back to citation "Commencement 2017 | Chestnut Hill College". Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  21. Back to citation "Wheeling University".
  22. Back to citation "Commencement This Weekend".
  23. Back to citation "Albertus Magnus College Set to Celebrate 98th Commencement".
  24. Back to citation "Historias de líderes: Chris Lowney". organizados.wordpress.com. April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  25. Back to citation "Blair, Lowney in Pre-Sesqui events: Ateneo lines up special events to mark sesquicentennial". philstar.com. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  26. Back to citation "Graduación de másteres universitarios apadrinada por Chris Lowney".
  27. Back to citation "Press Release XLRI Holds its 'JRD Ethics Oration 2012'" (PDF). xlri.ac.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  28. Back to citation "Chris Lowney". Forbes.
  29. Back to citation "Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture". January 23, 2021.
  30. Back to citation "Commandant's Reading List - A Complete List". October 16, 2016.
  31. Back to citation Lowney, Chris. "The Heroic Leadership Workbook". Loyola Press. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  32. Back to citation Nirenberg, David. "A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain (review)". Common Knowledge. 14 (1, Winter 2008): 153. doi:10.1215/0961754X-2007-040. S2CID 142595019. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  33. Back to citation Loarie, Thomas. "Book Review: Heroic Living". Catholic Business Journal. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  34. Back to citation McGregor, Jena (September 21, 2015). "Six things you should read to understand Pope Francis". Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  35. Back to citation "Wayback Machine" (PDF). cdn.ymaws.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2019.
  36. Back to citation "2018 Distinguished Favorites". Independent Press Award. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  37. Back to citation "2019 Winners Independent Press Award". IndependentPressAwar.
  38. Back to citation Roberts, Allison (September 24, 2019). "2019 Medalists".
  39. Back to citation "International Book Awards - Honoring Excellence in Independent & Mainstream Publishing". Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  40. Back to citation Iriberri, José Luis; Lowney, Chris (2018). Guide to the Camino Ignaciano. Cluny Media. ISBN 978-1944418731.
  41. Back to citation Iriberri, Jose; Chris, Lowney (2018). On the Ignatian Way: A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius Press. ISBN 978-1621641469.
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