Dr. Chrys Egan is the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, Interim Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, and a Professor of Communication and at Salisbury University in Maryland, USA.Dr. Stacy Smulowitz, Ph.D., ABC, is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Communication and Media at The University of Scranton and Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association. She has a freelance and strategic communication consulting firm and provides guidance to organizational leaders.Dr. Mary Tabata has over 15 years of experience in higher education and nonprofit management, Mary is an adjunct faculty member at Eastern University, USA in the College of Business and Leadership and the Principal Coach at Phinishing Strong LLC.

• Foreword; Susan R. Madsen and Karen A. LongmanIntroduction; Chrys Egan, Stacy Smulowitz, and Mary TabataChapter 1. Queen Esther: Courageous Leader the World Needs Now; Randal Joy ThompsonChapter 2. Spiritual Leadership through Societal Persecution: St. Cecilia, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Marie-Hermine of Jesus and Risk Taking; Christina L. McDowell Marinchak and Amelia OkulewiczChapter 3. Lady Fatima and Lady Zainab: Exemplars of Resilience and Spiritual Leadership; Syeda Ainee AliChapter 4. Leadership, Narrative and Metaphor in Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Life and Writings; Vaughan S. RobertsChapter 5. Retreating for Leadership: Lessons from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton; Jen Jones and Janie Harden FritzChapter 6. Kasturba Kapadia-Gandhi: One of the Most Influential, Yet Forgotten, Women of the 20th Century; Brian Polkinghorn and Tushar GandhiChapter 7. The Enduring Legacy of Henrietta Mears: The Transforming Architect of Modern Evangelicalism; Patricia A. ClaryChapter 8. “One Also Has to Know How to Lose”: The Role of Suffering in Milada Horáková’s Spiritual Leadership; Joshua M. Hayden and Jessica W. HenchChapter 9. The Inspirational Leadership of Pema Chödrön: Compassionate Action toward Others; Annette M. HolbaChapter 10. Feminism, Faith, and a Presidential First: How Spiritual Leadership Can Invite Understanding in Higher Education; Suzy D'EnbeauChapter 11. A Light to My Path: How a Vice President’s Faith Guides Her Everyday Efforts and Lasting Legacy to Overcome the Six Drivers of Burnout; Sherrie A. Lynn

Dr. Chrys Egan is the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, Interim Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, and a Professor of Communication and at Salisbury University in Maryland, USA.Dr. Stacy Smulowitz, Ph.D., ABC, is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Communication and Media at The University of Scranton and Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association. She has a freelance and strategic communication consulting firm and provides guidance to organizational leaders.Dr. Mary Tabata has over 15 years of experience in higher education and nonprofit management, Mary is an adjunct faculty member at Eastern University, USA in the College of Business and Leadership and the Principal Coach at Phinishing Strong LLC.

• Foreword; Susan R. Madsen and Karen A. LongmanIntroduction; Chrys Egan, Stacy Smulowitz, and Mary TabataChapter 1. Queen Esther: Courageous Leader the World Needs Now; Randal Joy ThompsonChapter 2. Spiritual Leadership through Societal Persecution: St. Cecilia, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Marie-Hermine of Jesus and Risk Taking; Christina L. McDowell Marinchak and Amelia OkulewiczChapter 3. Lady Fatima and Lady Zainab: Exemplars of Resilience and Spiritual Leadership; Syeda Ainee AliChapter 4. Leadership, Narrative and Metaphor in Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Life and Writings; Vaughan S. RobertsChapter 5. Retreating for Leadership: Lessons from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton; Jen Jones and Janie Harden FritzChapter 6. Kasturba Kapadia-Gandhi: One of the Most Influential, Yet Forgotten, Women of the 20th Century; Brian Polkinghorn and Tushar GandhiChapter 7. The Enduring Legacy of Henrietta Mears: The Transforming Architect of Modern Evangelicalism; Patricia A. ClaryChapter 8. “One Also Has to Know How to Lose”: The Role of Suffering in Milada Horáková’s Spiritual Leadership; Joshua M. Hayden and Jessica W. HenchChapter 9. The Inspirational Leadership of Pema Chödrön: Compassionate Action toward Others; Annette M. HolbaChapter 10. Feminism, Faith, and a Presidential First: How Spiritual Leadership Can Invite Understanding in Higher Education; Suzy D'EnbeauChapter 11. A Light to My Path: How a Vice President’s Faith Guides Her Everyday Efforts and Lasting Legacy to Overcome the Six Drivers of Burnout; Sherrie A. Lynn

Dr. Chrys Egan is the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, Interim Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, and a Professor of Communication and at Salisbury University in Maryland, USA.Dr. Stacy Smulowitz, Ph.D., ABC, is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Communication and Media at The University of Scranton and Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association. She has a freelance and strategic communication consulting firm and provides guidance to organizational leaders.Dr. Mary Tabata has over 15 years of experience in higher education and nonprofit management, Mary is an adjunct faculty member at Eastern University, USA in the College of Business and Leadership and the Principal Coach at Phinishing Strong LLC.

• Foreword; Susan R. Madsen and Karen A. LongmanIntroduction; Chrys Egan, Stacy Smulowitz, and Mary TabataChapter 1. Queen Esther: Courageous Leader the World Needs Now; Randal Joy ThompsonChapter 2. Spiritual Leadership through Societal Persecution: St. Cecilia, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Marie-Hermine of Jesus and Risk Taking; Christina L. McDowell Marinchak and Amelia OkulewiczChapter 3. Lady Fatima and Lady Zainab: Exemplars of Resilience and Spiritual Leadership; Syeda Ainee AliChapter 4. Leadership, Narrative and Metaphor in Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Life and Writings; Vaughan S. RobertsChapter 5. Retreating for Leadership: Lessons from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton; Jen Jones and Janie Harden FritzChapter 6. Kasturba Kapadia-Gandhi: One of the Most Influential, Yet Forgotten, Women of the 20th Century; Brian Polkinghorn and Tushar GandhiChapter 7. The Enduring Legacy of Henrietta Mears: The Transforming Architect of Modern Evangelicalism; Patricia A. ClaryChapter 8. “One Also Has to Know How to Lose”: The Role of Suffering in Milada Horáková’s Spiritual Leadership; Joshua M. Hayden and Jessica W. HenchChapter 9. The Inspirational Leadership of Pema Chödrön: Compassionate Action toward Others; Annette M. HolbaChapter 10. Feminism, Faith, and a Presidential First: How Spiritual Leadership Can Invite Understanding in Higher Education; Suzy D'EnbeauChapter 11. A Light to My Path: How a Vice President’s Faith Guides Her Everyday Efforts and Lasting Legacy to Overcome the Six Drivers of Burnout; Sherrie A. Lynn