Love L. Sechrest is Associate Provost and Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary's University. Previously she served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Columbia Theological Seminary (2018-2022), after 12 years of service as Associate Professor of New Testament at Fuller Seminary. Prior to earning her MDiv and PhD, she pursued a career in the aerospace industry at General Electric, managing over 300 engineers and a $50 million technology and software development budget, and eventually functioning as chief information officer of an $800 million company within Lockheed Martin. Sechrest served two terms as co-chair of the African American Biblical Hermeneutics section in the Society of Biblical Literature, and gives presentations on race, ethnicity, and Christian thought in a variety of academic, business, and church contexts.