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Beth Flynn-Ferry is Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies in the ILR School at Cornell University. She earned her MBA in Strategic Management and Marketing from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and earned a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1987. Upon graduating from Cornell, Ms. Flynn-Ferry joined Hercules, Inc., (now Ashland) and worked for five years in corporate HR/OE roles as well as at a unionized plant in Savannah, GA.

JR Keller is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies in the ILR School at Cornell University. Professor Keller’s research focuses on understanding how firms make hiring decisions and individuals make career choices, with a particular interest in the ways in which the dynamics shape how employees change jobs within firms.

Professor Keller’s work has appeared in several leading academic and practitioner outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, People & Strategy, and Organization Science.

Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., Professor Keller had two careers: the first as a financial analyst and the second as a career consultant. He earned his Ph.D. in Management from the Wharton School of Business and holds a Master’s in Adult Education from Indiana University as well as undergraduate degrees in Finance and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame.