The Practitioner-Scholar: The PennCLO Podcast

Dr. Becca Clanton, Ed.D., is the producer of The Practitioner-Scholar: The PennCLO Podcast at the University of Pennsylvania. She brings research and practice together in conversations for today's leaders. Becca has spent nearly two decades developing leaders. In 2024, she co-founded Back to Human Partners, a human-centered learning and leadership development consultancy. She led the learning and talent development function for the Americas region at WSAudiology. She spent a decade at Huron Consulting Group, where she grew from consultant to global learning and organizational effectiveness leader. She holds an MBA from DePaul University in Change Management and a B.A. in Economics from Michigan State. In 2025, she earned her Doctor of Education in Organizational Learning and Leadership from Penn with double distinction. Her research examines how organizations can better support and retain mothers returning from maternity leave. Her writing has appeared in Chief Learning Officer. As an executive coach and consultant, she knows the questions leaders are asking, and they shape every episode she produces. Beyond work, Becca is a volunteer and community organizer who advocates for children and public education in the Twin Cities, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Connect with her on LinkedIn or Back to Human Partners' website.

Margaret D “Peg” Klein currently serves as a Professor in the College of Leadership and Ethics at the U.S. Naval War College. She served as the Dean of Leadership and Ethics from 2017 through 2022. Before that, she completed a 35-year career as a Naval Flight Officer where she held squadron, wing, and group command. In 2011, Klein commanded an amphibious force in successful combat operations (Odyssey Dawn) in the Mediterranean Sea. She served as the 82nd Commandant of Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy, Klein graduated from the US Naval Academy, she holds a master’s in education leadership and earned a doctorate from the Chief Learning Officer program at University of Pennsylvania in 2021. Klein serves on the boards of one non-profit organization and one publicly traded company. She and her husband of 44 years are the proud parents of two adult children and one grandson.

Dr. Raghu Krishnamoorthy is a scholar-practitioner whose 40-year career spans corporate HR leadership and doctoral education. From 2022 to 2026 he was Senior Fellow and Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Chief Learning Officer (PennCLO) doctoral program. There he shaped the curriculum, led faculty and admissions, and chaired dissertations on leadership, learning, and the future of work. He has also taught at Wharton and been guest faculty at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Yale, and Columbia. Before moving into academia, Raghu spent 25 years at General Electric, with HR roles in India, Hong Kong, London, and the United States. He was CHRO of GE Aviation, Chief Talent and Learning Officer at Crotonville, GE's leadership institute, and CHRO of GE Healthcare. He then became Chief Human Resources Officer of GE, leading HR for a $120 billion company with an HR organization of 4,000 people. Earlier in his career he held HR roles at American Express Bank, Modi-Xerox, and Escorts in India. His research looks at the future of work, the workplace, and the worker. His doctoral dissertation, on how leader behaviors affect employee engagement in virtual work, was awarded distinction, and his research won the Academy of Business Research's Best Paper Award in 2020. He writes often for Harvard Business Review and co-edited Leaders as Architects of Change (Routledge, 2026) with Sharon Ravitch. Raghu has advised and consulted with several organizations, including Boeing, Kraft Heinz, Tech Mahindra, Takeda, and the Tata Group. He sits on the board of IIM Ahmedabad's Ashank Desai Center for Learning and Organizational Development. He holds an Ed.D. and M.S.Ed. from Penn and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow under the Fulbright program.