Dr. Franzelle Mathis-Pertilla is a global business professional, organizational resilience scholar-practitioner, and higher education leader whose distinguished career spans academia, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurial consulting. A retired Interim Dean and tenured professor, she has led transformative initiatives in academic quality, faculty excellence, and program accreditation, including guiding the successful pursuit of ACBSP accreditation for the Stafford School of Business in 2025. Her corporate leadership experience with AT&T includes directing multimillion-dollar portfolios, leading high-performing cross-functional teams, and earning multiple national leadership awards. As a published scholar, international presenter, and consultant, Dr. Mathis-Pertilla specializes in organizational development, leadership, innovation management, sustainability, and organizational resilience, with research focused on small and family-owned businesses, female CEO leadership, global strategy, and entrepreneurship.