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Wendy Arralde Pottgen is a lecturer in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. At Kelley, she teaches Organizations and Organizational Change, Managing Business Functions, Creating Inclusive Organizations, and more.

Wendy is also an empathetic, engaged, and service-driven senior HR consultant for Lumen HR Partners, with 12 years of strategic human resources services including organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, full employee lifecycle talent management, and e-learning programming (including design, development, and project management).

Prior to her work as an HR consultant, Wendy worked in the NCAA national office HR department. She was part of the office of inclusion, equity, and community engagement, which included in-house HR functions while also providing consultative HR and development services to the NCAA members. While at the NCAA, she had oversight of the talent acquisition process, which included hiring for all levels within the organization for all roles through vice president level. Prior to her role at the NCAA, she had a career as an account executive in high tech, helping her customers build out their infrastructure to provide best-in-class internet access solutions. She is SHRM-CP certified, is a silver certified Crucial Conversations facilitator, and is a DDI Targeted Selection behavioral-based interviewing program manager.

Wendy graduated with a BA in Music from Whitworth University and an MA in Organizational Leadership (with a servant leadership certificate). She serves her community as a diversity and inclusion education lead for Mid-Am Hockey, a region within USA Hockey, and as vice president of the Indiana State High School Hockey Association (ISHSHA).