BIO

Dr Sreedhari Desai is an award-winning, tenured Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and a Crist W. Blackwell scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Kenan Flagler Business School). Previously, she was a faculty fellow at the Parr Center for Ethics at the UNC and a visiting Assistant Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Before joining UNC, she was a research fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (Harvard University) and at the Women and Public Policy program (Harvard Kennedy School). In her research, she explores how and when the playing field ceases to be level for women and minorities, and how we can create a more equal and better-performing workplace. She also examines context-based interventions aimed at improving ethical decision making. As an international keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant on negotiation, strategic decision making and diversity, Sreedhari is a trusted advisor and partner to numerous high- performing private sector organizations, as well as military leaders.