Ellen Foster Curtis is Academic Division Head for the Management Division and Associate Professor of Management and Organization at Penn State Great Valley. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Indiana University.  Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Foster Curtis was a performance consultant specializing in management and leadership development for the Financial Services, Operations, and Systems Division of Merrill Lynch.  Her academic experience includes positions at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration and the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts--Lowell, where she served concurrently as Associate Professor of Management and Director of Graduate Programs.  Dr. Foster Curtis has extensive experience in strategic management, negotiation, management development, and the transportation industries. She has consulted for the WIZ Distributors, Ltd., Tufts Associated Health Plans, Inc., the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and several small businesses in the Greater Lowell region of Massachusetts. Through her research she has had frequent interaction with the transportation and high technology sectors of the business community including AT&T and Ford Motor Company.  She has authored numerous published articles and conference presentations