Aileen Zaballero is a senior partner of Rothwell & Associates and a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in Workforce Education and Development and Comparative International Education at The Pennsylvania State University. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) since 2009. Aileen is currently working on a project that will produce a Competency Model and Career Map for the advanced commercial building workforce, utilizing the U.S. Department of Labor's competency model framework and aligning with the new Department of Energy supported and industry-developed Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines.

Aileen has recently authored and co-authored chapters in Performance Consulting-Applying Performance Improvement in Human Resource Development (2013, John Wiley & Sons); co-edited and co-authored Optimizing Talent in the Federal Workforce (2014, Management Concepts); co-authored a chapter in Organization Development Fundamentals: Managing Strategic Change (2014, ASTD Press); and co-edited The Competency Toolkit, 2nd Ed. (2014, HRD Press).