SHRM's manager of public relations and publicity,  Cooper Nye, works with the media affairs team to elevate HR by establishing SHRM as the workplace thought leader by telling data-based stories about all things work, worker, and the workplace. Previously, Nye worked in public affairs--serving Fortune 500 companies, national nonprofits, and federal agencies-- and, in 2018, ran for the U.S. House of Representatives (MI-11) as an independent candidate focused on overcoming polarization and corruption. Cooper is a graduate of James Madison College at Michigan State University where he majored in political theory and international relations, with a minor in philosophy.