Hannah Rudstam, Ph.D.
Senior Extension Faculty
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) – Northeast ADA Center,
Employment and Disability Institute, New York School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University

After completing her Ph.D. in Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Hannah Rudstam worked as a program planner and evaluator at the Royal Adult Learning Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. Back in the U.S., she became a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Wisconsin, researching a state-wide health risk prevention program in Wisconsin. After re-locating in the upstate New York area, she took a position as an Organizational Development Consultant at United Technologies and then at Eagle Consultants in Syracuse. In this capacity, she designed competency-based tools for hiring, performance management and employee development systems. Also, she developed a turnover prevention program that has been adopted by a number of organizations. Two years ago, she took a position as Extension Faculty with the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center of the Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.