Leaetta Hough, Ph.D.
Director, HireDesk Knowledge Center

Dr. Leaetta Hough is a leading global expert in the development of personnel staffing and performance management systems that are valid, defensible, and aligned with organizational goals. She has published extensively in the scientific literature and is co-editor of the four-volume Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Significantly shaping the profession of I-O Psychology throughout her career, Dr. Hough is senior author of the most recent personnel selection chapter in the Annual Review of Psychology, as well as the personality assessment chapters in the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology and Handbook of Work, Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Dr. Hough founded Personnel Decisions Research Institute, and later The Dunnette Group, both research and development firms based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is past president and current Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and is a member of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the American Psychological Association (APA), and APA’s Division Five – Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics. Dr. Hough received her doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Minnesota.

Deborah Smith
Faculty, HireDesk Knowledge Center

Deborah Smith is a leading-edge contributor to the HR profession. Her expertise and experience make her an authority in the utilization and alignment of human capital within organizations. Over the course of her career, Ms. Smith has held senior HR executive roles in Fortune 500 companies, including Xerox, Merck & Co., Bausch & Lomb and Coty Inc. Known for her business acumen, Ms. Smith has served on the board of Chase Lincoln Bank and several advisory boards of colleges, cultural institutions and professional organizations. She holds a Master of Arts degree from Cornell University, where she formerly served as Chairman of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, a leading partnership between industry and academia devoted to global human resource management. Ms. Smith currently sits on HireDesk's Advisory Board, and is responsible for guiding the development of HireDesk’s products and services. She is frequent speaker and writer on HR issues and management trends.

Clarence McFeely
Faculty, HireDesk Knowledge Center

Clarence McFeely’s career in executive search spans over 45 years. He has been named one of the country's top executive search consultants by human resources officers and other senior executives leading the 1,500 largest public and private US companies. He began executive search at A.T. Kearney & Company, Chicago, then formed his own firm, McFeely and Associates, in 1969. Mr. McFeely is the first recipient of the prestigious Gardner Heidrick Award from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) for outstanding contributions to the profession. He was past president of AESC and has served as a Director, Executive Committee member, and Chairman of the organization's admissions and professional practices committees. Mr. McFeely was a founding director of the Bradley University Advisory Council to the College of Business Administration, and was also a Founder and Vice Chairman of the University's Associate Board of Trustees. An officer in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1950s, Mr. McFeely holds as B.S. degree from Bradley University.

David Jones, Ph.D.
Faculty, HireDesk Knowledge Center

Dr. David Jones is President of Growth Ventures, Inc., a human capital advisory firm working with companies to leverage technology solutions in workforce acquisition and retention. He has spent his 30-year career helping both Fortune 100 and start-up organizations hire and retain better employees. Prior to founding Growth Ventures, Inc., he was the global head of human resources and change management consulting with Aon Consulting, one of the world’s largest human resources advisory firms. He also founded HRStrategies, an international human resources consulting firm acquired in 1994 by Aon Corporation. Today, Dr. Jones is Chairman of HireDesk’s Board of Directors, providing counsel and guidance to the organization’s corporate market business unit, and continuing his pioneer work in quality of hire products and services. Dr. Jones received his doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green University and is a member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Camille A. Olson, JD
Faculty, HireDesk Knowledge Center

Ms. Olson is a partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of North America’s leading labor and employment law firms, is a member of its Labor and Employment Law Steering Committee, and Chair of its Employment Law Committee. Ms. Olson’s 20 years of practice have concentrated in all areas of labor and employment law. She has worked with numerous issues relating to OFCCP, EEOC, and U.S. Department of Labor enforcement policies and their effect on employers. An Eita Krom Scholar at the University of Michigan where she received both her Bachelors of Arts (Economics and Statistics), and law degree, Ms. Olson is President of The University Club of Chicago, and a member of the Board of Directors of Inland Press Association, and The Women's Board of United Cerebral Palsy. A part-time faculty member of DePaul Law School and Loyola School of Law, Ms. Olson is recognized as a National Subject Matter Expert on Labor Relations and a Senior Professional in Human Resources by SHRM.