Chris Lowney

Born in New York City, Lowney attended Regis High School,Eileen Wirth, They Made All the Difference: Life-Changing Stories from Jesuit High Schools (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2007), 29 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.{{cite web| website= Knolwdge@Wharton | date=June 1, 2005 | title= The Secrets of Jesuit Leadership | url= http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-secrets-of-jesuit-leadership/ | access-date = September 22, 2015}}

After leaving Morgan in 2001, Lowney authored six books and co-authored two more. He has delivered talks and conferences on leadership, decision-making, and business ethics throughout the U.S. and in Spain,{{cite web|url=http://www.esade.edu/web/eng/about-esade/today/news/viewelement/229801/1/chris-lowney:-self-awareness,-heroism,-ingenuity-and-love-are-the-four-pillars-of-successful-leadership|title=Chris Lowney: Self-awareness, heroism, ingenuity and love are the four pillars of successful leadership|publisher=esade.edu|access-date=May 13, 2014}} France, Australia,{{cite web|url=http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/speaker/chris-lowney/|title=Speaker: Chris Lowney|publisher=thesydneyinstitute.com.au|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213858/http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/speaker/chris-lowney/|url-status=dead}} Argentina, Uruguay,{{cite web|url=http://www.isede.edu.uy/conferencia-chris-lowney-que-pueden-aprender-los-lideres-del-siglo-xxi-de-los-jesuitas-del-siglo-xvi/|title=Conferencia – Chris Lowney: "¿Qué pueden aprender los líderes del siglo XXI de los jesuitas del siglo XVI?|publisher=isede.edu.uy|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205905/http://www.isede.edu.uy/conferencia-chris-lowney-que-pueden-aprender-los-lideres-del-siglo-xxi-de-los-jesuitas-del-siglo-xvi/|archive-date=August 12, 2014|url-status=dead}} Colombia,{{cite web|url=http://wujacongress2013.com/en/programacion-academica-preliminar/conferencistas/18-chris-lowney|title=Conferencistas: Chris Lowney|publisher=wujacongress2013.com|access-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140514020036/http://wujacongress2013.com/en/programacion-academica-preliminar/conferencistas/18-chris-lowney|archive-date=May 14, 2014|df=mdy-all}} Indonesia, and many other countries.

He is chair of the Board of CommonSpirit Health,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2022-04-28-lassiter-named-ceo-commonspirit-health|title=Lassiter named CEO of CommonSpirit Health|date=April 28, 2022 }} the nation's largest nonprofit health system by revenue in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonspirit.org/news-and-perspectives/news/commonspirit-health-announces-fy2022-year-end-results|title=CommonSpirit Health Announces FY2022 Year End Results|date=September 23, 2022 }} He also chairs the board of Commonweal Magazine.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-08 |title=Commonweal Foundation Board of Directors {{!}} Commonweal Magazine |url=https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/board |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=www.commonwealmagazine.org |language=en}}

Lowney founded Pilgrimage for Our Children's Future,{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.pocf.org/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203809/http://www.pocf.org/history.htm |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |publisher=pocf.org}} 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.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.jc-hem.org/About |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503150535/http://www.jc-hem.org/About |archive-date=May 3, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |publisher=jc-hem.org}} He conceived and co-founded Contemplative Leaders in Action, a young adult leadership formation program active in seven cities.{{cite web |title=Contemplative Leaders in Action |url=http://jesuit-collaborative.org/contemplative-leaders |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106102956/http://jesuit-collaborative.org/contemplative-leaders |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |publisher=jesuit-collaborative.org}}

Lowney is Catholic.

Lowney has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees by Sacred Heart University,{{Cite web |title=SHU Announces 2024 Commencement Speakers |url=https://www.sacredheart.edu/news-room/news-listing/shu-announces-2024-commencement-speakers/}} Loyola University of Maryland,{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Author, social entrepreneur, and international speaker Chris Lowney named Loyola University Maryland's 2023 Commencement speaker |url=https://www.loyola.edu/news/2023/0227-chris-lowney-commencement-speaker.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=www.loyola.edu |language=en}} Gonzaga University,{{cite web|url=https://www.gonzaga.edu/Campus-Resources/Offices-and-Services-A-Z/MarketingandCommunications/pdf/Spirit/2009MaySpirit.pdf |title=Commencement 2009 split between two weekends, May 9|publisher=gonzaga.edu|access-date=May 13, 2014}} St. Louis University,{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/6935|title=Saint Louis University to Celebrate Commencement May 20 at Savvis Center|publisher=slu.edu|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224920/http://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/6935|url-status=dead}} the University of Scranton,{{cite web|url=https://www.scranton.edu/news/articles/2009/08/Lowney-New-Student-Convocation.shtml|title=Bestselling Author to Be Honored at New Student Convocation|publisher=scranton.edu|access-date=May 13, 2014}} the University of Great Falls, and Marymount Manhattan College, Chestnut Hill College,{{Cite web |url=https://www.chc.edu/commencement-2017 |title=Commencement 2017 | Chestnut Hill College |access-date=March 27, 2018 |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102510/https://www.chc.edu/commencement-2017 |url-status=dead }} Wheeling Jesuit University,{{Cite web|url=http://www.wju.edu/news/2018/04/-bestselling-author,-chris-lowney,-to-speak-at-wheeling-jesuits-commencement-may-5.html#.W-IY5JNKiM8|title=Wheeling University}} and Fairfield University,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fairfield.edu/news/archive/2019/may/commencement-this-weekend-may-19.html|title = Commencement This Weekend}} and Albertus Magnus College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.albertus.edu/media-public-relations/press-releases/albertus-magnus-college-set-to-celebrate-98th-commencement.php|title = Albertus Magnus College Set to Celebrate 98th Commencement}}

He was named a miembro honorario del claustro at Peru's Universidad del Pacifico,{{cite web|url=http://organizados.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/historias-de-lideres-chris-lowney/|title=Historias de líderes: Chris Lowney|work=organizados.wordpress.com|date=April 27, 2009|access-date=May 13, 2014}} was 2009 commencement speaker at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines,{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/education-and-home/449521/blair-lowney-pre-sesqui-events-ateneo-lines-special-events-mark|title=Blair, Lowney in Pre-Sesqui events: Ateneo lines up special events to mark sesquicentennial|publisher=philstar.com|access-date=May 13, 2014}} was 2024 Master's degree commencement speaker at Deusto University in Spain,{{Cite web |title=Graduación de másteres universitarios apadrinada por Chris Lowney |url=https://www.deusto.es/en/home/campus-life/news-events/news/graduacion-de-masteres-universitarios-apadrinada-por-chris-lowney/noticia}} and delivered the 2012 JRD Tata Oration at XLRI in India.{{cite web|url=http://www.xlri.ac.in/newsroom/XLRI-Press-Releases/pdf/jrd-ethics-oration-26-nov-2012.pdf|title=Press Release XLRI Holds its 'JRD Ethics Oration 2012'|publisher=xlri.ac.in|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091018/http://www.xlri.ac.in/newsroom/XLRI-Press-Releases/pdf/jrd-ethics-oration-26-nov-2012.pdf|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Lowney writes a regular column on leadership for Forbes{{Cite web |title=Chris Lowney |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrislowney/?sh=6804e2693f5d |website=Forbes}} and for Aleteia.{{Cite web |title=Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture |date=January 23, 2021 |url=https://aleteia.org/author/chris-lowney/}} His other authored works include:

• Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World (Loyola Press, 2003); 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.{{Cite web |title=Commandant's Reading List - A Complete List |date=October 16, 2016 |url=https://www.usmcofficer.com/marine-corps-knowledge/commandants-reading-list}}
• A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain (Free Press, 2005; Oxford University Press, 2006);{{cite journal |last=Nirenberg |first=David |title=A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/common_knowledge/v014/14.1nirenberg.html |journal=Common Knowledge |volume=14 |issue=1, Winter 2008 |page=153 |doi=10.1215/0961754X-2007-040 |s2cid=142595019 |access-date=September 22, 2015|url-access=subscription }} nominated for La Corónica award.
• Heroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change the World (2010){{cite news |last=Loarie |first=Thomas |title=Book Review: Heroic Living |work=Catholic Business Journal |url=https://catholicbusinessjournal.biz/p/149 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091509/https://catholicbusinessjournal.biz/p/149 |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}
• Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads (2013){{cite news |last=McGregor |first=Jena |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Six things you should read to understand Pope Francis |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/09/21/six-things-you-should-read-to-understand-pope-francis/ |access-date=September 22, 2015}}
• Everyone Leads: How to Revitalize the Catholic Church (2017) The book won 2nd place in its category in the 2018 Catholic Press Association Awardshttps://cdn.ymaws.com/www.catholicpress.org/resource/resmgr/awards_2018/awards_winners_lists/book_awards_winners_list_cor.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000215/https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.catholicpress.org/resource/resmgr/awards_2018/awards_winners_lists/book_awards_winners_list_cor.pdf |date=February 21, 2019 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
• Make Today Matter: 10 Habits for a Better Life (and World) (2018){{cite web |title=2018 Distinguished Favorites |url=http://www.independentpressaward.com/2018distinguishedfavorites |access-date=August 29, 2018 |work=Independent Press Award}} won a 2018 Independent Press Award as a Distinguished Favorite in the Inspiration category and a 2019 Independent Press Award for Self-Help: Spiritual.{{Cite web |title=2019 Winners Independent Press Award |url=https://www.independentpressaward.com/2019winners}} The book also won a gold medal in the 2019 Illumination Awards{{Cite web |title=2019 Medalists |url=http://www.illuminationawards.com/13/2019-medalists}} and Make Today Matter is a Finalist in the Self-Help: Motivational category of the 2019 International Book Awards.{{Cite web |title=International Book Awards - Honoring Excellence in Independent & Mainstream Publishing |url=http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2019awardannouncement.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617195712/http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2019awardannouncement.html |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019}}
• Guide to the Camino Ignaciano, co-authored with Jose Luis Iriberri, S.J. (2nd Edition, 2018, Cluny Media){{Cite book |last1=Iriberri |first1=José Luis |title=Guide to the Camino Ignaciano |last2=Lowney |first2=Chris |year=2018 |publisher=Cluny Media |isbn=978-1944418731}}
• On the Ignatian Way, co-authored with Jose Luis Iriberri, S.J. (2018) {{Cite book |last1=Iriberri |first1=Jose |title=On the Ignatian Way: A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Saint Ignatius of Loyola |last2=Chris |first2=Lowney |year=2018 |publisher=Ignatius Press |isbn=978-1621641469}}

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• [http://www.chrislowney.com/ website]
• [http://www.pocf.org/ Pilgrimage for Our Children's Future]

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