Rachael Pettigrew is an Associate Professor in Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Rachael leverages her interdisciplinary background to research topics related to gender in the workplace, inclusive organizational cultures, and policies that support employees’ care responsibilities. Recent projects have explored fathers’ parental leave use, employer adaptation to the new extended parental leave legislation, and work interruption bias. She has also investigated women and gender diverse individuals’ experiences, aspirations, and barriers faced on their path to board work. Her secondary research stream explores newcomer employment and settlement. Rachael has over 21 years of university teaching experience, is a public speaker, and is regularly engaged with industry.