PRITI PRADHAN SHAH is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Organization at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. She developed her expertise in negotiations at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, which is known for its specialized negotiation expertise. She also teaches Organizational Behavior, Organizational Change, Leadership, and Groups. In addition to the Carlson School, she has taught at MIT and Yale. Shah has undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Biology from the University of Rochester. She holds a Masters and PhD in Organizational Behavior from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

LORI J. ABRAMS is a faculty member in the Department of Strategic Management at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota and an Organizational Development consultant specializing in communication and change. She has expertise in survey design, needs analysis and change agent skills. She is a former manager at RSM McGladrey’s consulting division where she conducted HR audits and Executive Training. Her most recent consulting efforts have been in the following areas: Communication and Organizational Change, Conflict Management, and Leadership. Abrams earned her doctorate in Organizational Communication from the University of Minnesota with a research focus in healthcare management.

JOHN SHULMAN is President and CEO of Alignor, LLC, a world leader in performance improvement solutions utilizing the interest-based approach to negotiation and leadership development. He is an experienced attorney, negotiator, and public speaker skilled in the art and science of interest-based negotiation. He has conducted seminars and training workshops for thousands of business leaders, judges, attorneys, and community leaders in interest-based approaches to negotiation, leadership development, conflict management, relationship management, sales, account management, and supply chain management. Shulman holds an AB in English from Harvard College and a JD from Harvard Law School.