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Appendix B: Biographies of Speakers and Committee Members
Appendix B: Biographies of Speakers and Committee Members
Pages 73-85
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Kirr Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory in the Tepper School of Business at C arnegie Mellon University, where she directs the Center for Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge. Her research focuses on organizational learning, organizational memory, knowledge transfer, social networks, and group processes and performance.
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She began her education policy career as a legislative associate for the US House Committee on Education and Labor from 1977 to 1983. She subsequently served with Senator Dan Quayle as a professional staff member on the US Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee (1983–89)
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Dudkin served as executive vice president of Energy Delivery Operations at ComEd and as operations vice president at PECO. A registered professional engineer, he began his career as an energy applications engineer.
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In addition to creating the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance that united over 90 organizations around STEM talent creation and retention, he has worked in K–12 and postsecondary education with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the University of Tulsa's Institute for Information Security; and has briefed US senators and the FBI, IRS, and NSA on topics ranging from information security to cybercrime. He serves on the Oklahoma Governor's Science and Technology Council as well as the board of directors of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority.
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Joppa worked for General Mills first as a corporate recruiter, then as a human resources manager at manufacturing plants and in the sales and distribution division, as a corporate diversity manager, and finally as director of human resources for the foodservice, baking products, Yoplait, and marketing communications divisions. She serves on the Luther College Board of Regents, the Luther College Audit and Outreach and Gifts Committees, and the Make-A-Wish Minnesota Human Resources Committee.
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Theresa Kotanchek is chief executive officer and cofounder of Evolved Analytics LLC, a data science and system design, software, and solutions provider. Before assuming this role, she spent 23 years in executive and leadership positions at Dow Chemical, including most recently as the vice president for sustainable technologies and innovation sourcing and as the chief technology officer of Dow Chemical China Company Limited.
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He is series editor for the Oxford Series on Organizational Psychology and Behavior and former editor in chief and associate editor for the Journal of Applied Psychology. He is an editorial board member for the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Management, and Leadership Quarterly, and served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Human Factors, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
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Her work includes advocating for manufacturing workforce priorities with related federal agencies and providing technical support to the network of MEP centers across the country for workforce-related activities. Previously she was assistant director, workforce and talent development, at MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network)
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Brynt Parmeter has a diverse background in both the public and private sectors. Before his current role as director, Workforce Development, at NextFlex, a national advanced manufacturing consortium, he was a science and technology policy fellow for the Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office; cofounder of WorkScouts, a technology platform designed to connect transitioning service members and veterans with education and employment opportunities in advanced manufacturing; and a partner in BMNT, a Palo Alto–based consulting firm focused on aligning lean startup principles to solve national security problems.
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As president of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, she was involved in activities to help engineering students and early-career engineers, including shepherding the launch of the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative to attract the best and brightest young engineers into the power industry.
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Her research includes investigating the effects of workplace stressors (including military deployment, discrimination, and sexual harassment) on job attitudes and performance; assessing quality-of-life issues faced by wounded warriors, military families, and caregivers; evaluating employee selection systems, including the use of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test in the AF officer selection system; exploring the effects of organizational climate and culture on job attitudes and behaviors, and how best to change organizational climate and culture; and determining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for success in various military and civilian jobs.
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She has published her work in numerous RAND reports and in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Small Group Research, Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and recently served as an associate editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. Before joining RAND in 2001, Dr.
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He has participated in NAE panels on soft skills, was a member of the National Academies' Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, and served on the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2000 to 2010, the last year as chair. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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