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Shyrl Scalice is Assistant Director in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Center on Employment at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.  In addition to supporting students, she provides consultation and training to numerous employer organizations nationwide on recruitment, communication and inclusion strategies related to working with deaf and hard-of-hearing employees.  She regularly participates in conferences of national organizations including the NACE, SHRM, Disability:IN and ILG.

She previously worked as a Career Consultant and Trainer with Lee Hecht Harrison, a career transition and outplacement firm where her clients were from the Financial, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing industries.  She managed Diversity Training programs and also worked as a Corporate Recruiter at Eastman Kodak.  Her areas of expertise include Career Management and Transition, Networking and Job Search Best Practices, Inclusion practices for the deaf and hard of hearing.  Shyrl holds a Master of Science degree in Education from Nazareth College and Biology degree from SUNY at Geneseo.