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Scott Dust, PhD. is an Associate Professor of Management and the Kirk and Jacki Perry Professor in Leadership at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. Dust is also the Chief Research Officer at Cloverleaf, a Cincinnati-based, venture-backed entity that hosts an HR-tech platform that leverages automation and AI for personalized coaching.

Dust earned his PhD in Management and Organizational Behavior at the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, and his BS and MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His primary areas of research are leadership, leader-follower relationships and teams.

Dust has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly and Human Relations. He currently serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Group and Organization Management, and Applied Psychology. He has consulted internationally on human capital assessment and design and leadership development initiatives, is on the Harvard Business Publishing Education Advisory Team and the Forbes Coaches Council, and is also a regular contributor to Fast Company, Business Insider and Psychology Today. 

Laurens Steed, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. She also holds the John and Gloria Goering Professorship in Family & Private Business.

Steed has taught courses in organizational behavior and human resource management and currently teaches negotiations courses to undergraduate and MBA students at Lindner College of Business.

Steed's primary research interests are employee well-being and the psychology of money at work. Her research has been published in outlets including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly and Harvard Business Review. She earned her BS in Management and her PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Chris Sutter, PhD, is an Associate Professor of management and the Fealy Family Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.

Sutter is an accomplished scholar with research focused on entrepreneurship, institutions, resourcefulness, and societal issues. He has published in leading academic journals such as the Academy of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, and Organization Science. He also served as a field editor at the Journal of Business Venturing for three years.

Sutter has engaged in consulting and field research with organizations in the United States, India and Latin America, and he is fluent in Spanish. Prior to joining UC, he spent 11 years at Miami University where he taught courses in business model development, social entrepreneurship, consulting and innovation. Along with colleagues from Global Health, he founded Social Innovation Weekend.

Sutter received his PhD from The Ohio State University and his MBA and BA from Brigham Young University.

Eli Awtrey, PhD, is an assistant professor of management in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.

Awtrey's research investigates the factors that encourage or inhibit the potency of organizational teams, including leadership, decision-making, collaboration, diversity, well-being and culture. He has published on these topics in top-tier academic outlets such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Discoveries, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He also serves on the editorial review boards for Journal of Organizational Behavior and Academy of Management Discoveries and collaborates with doctoral students and faculty both locally and internationally.

As a recognized expert, Awtrey combines his research with the larger body of evidence-based management concepts in the classroom and in applied collaborations. He teaches graduate courses on leadership, management, high-performing teams and organizational research methods, and he has earned multiple teaching awards at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Washington. He also has facilitated seminars and consulting for a wide range of organizations including Kroger, Microsoft, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Awtrey earned his PhD in management from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington and his MBA from the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon.

David Romp, MBA, SHRM-CP, is an adjunct instructor in the department of management for the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.

Romp has more than 25 years of experience leading the development and implementation of talent-facing solutions for both public and private organizations in the U.S., as well as from international assignments in England, Norway, and Sweden. His experience spans multiple industries, including professional services, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and economic development. His expertise encompasses core human resources functions including talent management processes and programs, talent acquisition solutions development, HR systems optimization, workforce development solutions, and training development and delivery.

Romp serves as an advisory board member for the Master of Science in Human Resources program and was the recipient of UC’s 2022 Outstanding Adjunct Teaching – Management award. He earned his MBA at Xavier University, and his Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio University.