Dr. Michele Holleran is the CEO of DeArment Consulting, specializing in strategic planning, leadership development and executive coaching. Prior to that she served as the CEO of Holleran Consulting, a full-service research firm offering resident and employee engagement and satisfaction studies, as well as various other types of surveys.

She holds a PhD in organization and management from Capella University and an MBA from The Pennsylvania State University. Her dissertation topic was on culture change and leadership in aging services. She has facilitated many board retreats and strategic planning processes for aging services organizations across the United States. She is a frequent columnist for McKnight’s Magazine on the topics of leadership, workforce retention and resident engagement.

Michele is currently the chair of The Center for Innovation, a not-for-profit which oversees the work of The Green House Project and The Pioneer Network. She was the first chairperson and co-facilitator of the Larry Minnix LeadingAge Leadership Academy, a year long leadership development program for emerging leaders in senior living and aging services. She conceptualized and led a design team to formulate an international forum of senior living leaders and technology experts called The Innovators Summit, held in 2011 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

Following this forum, she wrote “Innovation in Senior Living” for LeadingAge. She has served on the board of Eaton Senior Services, an affordable housing community based in Lakewood, Colorado. Michele created The Senior Living Women’s Leadership Retreat, now in its 7th year.