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Mary Hunt, MBA

Mary Hunt is a Business/Management professor at Lexington College. She is pursuing a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the illinois Institute of Psychology. Prof. Hunt earned a master's in business administration (MBA) with a concentration in marketing from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor's degree in political science from Wellesley College. She is the co-founder of HomeAdvantage Plus, LLC, a training and consulting firm that offers creative solutions for blending work and personal life with a focus on workplace effectiveness and employee satisfaction.

Prof. Hunt has been with Lexington College since 2002 and enjoys working closely with Lexington students both inside and outside the classroom. With her entrepreneurial and business experience Prof. Hunt has spearheaded the development of the entrepreneurship education initiatives at Lexington College. Her research interests include studying the effective management approaches of women entrepreneurs and owners of hospitality-related firms; in addition, her work focuses on the impact of leadership and communication on the manager-employee relationships in hospitality and service organizations and their consequent impact on the value of human capital within organizations.

Hunt began her career in banking as a product manager for Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. and after completing her master's degree, she worked as an organizational development manager for a regional hospital. Prior to launching HomeAdvantage, Hunt was a consultant facilitating organizational and human resources solutions for a wide variety of businesses in both service and manufacturing sectors. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Midtown Educational Foundation, a supplementary educational program for Chicago inner-city youth.

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