Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA, is an award-winning professor who prepares undergraduates as well as experienced professionals in business at Texas A&M University. She teaches in the college’s MBA programs and conducts executive develop training for leading companies. Shannon’s work emphasizes the importance of corporate social responsibility and the intersection of business and solutions to social challenges. Specifically, she explores ways businesses can leverage human resource development tools to invest in women in order to positively impact the business, community, and individual families. She lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband, dogs, sometimes chickens, and the screened in porch where she writes.