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Risa M. Mish

Risa Mish teaches courses in analytical thinking in business in addition to serving as director of the Leadership Skills Program. She currently runs a management consulting and training practice providing strategic employee relations advice and training to senior executives and human resources teams on effective employee recruitment and retention; employee assessment, coaching, and performance management; investigating employee complaints; resolving employee conflicts; and minimizing employment litigation risk.

Before returning to Cornell, Mish was a partner in the New York City law firm of Collazo Carling & Mish LLP, where she represented management clients on a wide range of labor and employment law matters, including defense of employment discrimination claims in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and in labor arbitrations and negotiations under collective bargaining agreements. Prior to CC&M, Mish was a labor and employment law associate with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City, where she represented Fortune 500 clients in the financial services, consumer products, and manufacturing industries. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and state and federal courts in New York and Massachusetts. Mish earned a BS with Distinction from Cornell University and a JD cum laude from Cornell Law School.